Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Australia
Australia: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 269,902 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Australia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 269,902 t for pesticides (total) — import quantity in 2024.
The figure is up 8.3% on the previous year and up 101.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Australia peaked at 305,306 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,577 t, in 1990.
Australia ranks 6th of 232 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 18,086 t | 8,577 t | 30,486 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,598 t | 34,794 t | 60,381 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 149,151 t | 98,706 t | 221,997 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 274,442 t | 249,167 t | 305,306 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,196 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,920 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 43.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.29 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 331,869 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 385 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.6 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,265 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Australia?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Australia was 269,902 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 305,306 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,577 t in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 232 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 101.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Trade domain contains data on internationally traded pesticides (values and quantities). Data are sourced from international and national trade statistics, predominantly from UN COMTRADE (from 1990 onwards) or from national country trade tapes (1961-1990). Data for the period 1961-1989 cover only Import and Export values (FAOSTAT element codes 5622 and 5922). Data from 1990 onwards also include Import and Export quantities (codes 5610 and 5910) and include a complete time-series for Pesticides (total). The domain contains information on the trade of pesticides products in either: a) finished forms and/or packaging; or b) separate chemically-defined compounds relevant to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.