Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in China
China: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 150,950 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in China, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China recorded 150,950 t for pesticides (total) — import quantity in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in China peaked at 230,632 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63,517 t, in 2004.
China ranks 11th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in China, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 69,390 t | — |
| 1991 | 78,651 t | +13.3% |
| 1992 | 86,737 t | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 66,426 t | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 80,337 t | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 93,504 t | +16.4% |
| 1996 | 82,862 t | -11.4% |
| 1997 | 96,354 t | +16.3% |
| 1998 | 95,787 t | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 99,652 t | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 109,640 t | +10.0% |
| 2001 | 74,424 t | -32.1% |
| 2002 | 64,240 t | -13.7% |
| 2003 | 65,464 t | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 63,517 t | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 72,248 t | +13.7% |
| 2006 | 80,367 t | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 80,776 t | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 88,127 t | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 79,743 t | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 89,102 t | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 93,850 t | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 118,053 t | +25.8% |
| 2013 | 128,851 t | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 143,027 t | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 141,006 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 162,807 t | +15.5% |
| 2017 | 149,204 t | -8.4% |
| 2018 | 141,525 t | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 155,688 t | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 230,632 t | +48.1% |
| 2021 | 187,379 t | -18.8% |
| 2022 | 167,440 t | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 153,982 t | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 150,950 t | -2.0% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 150,950 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,638 t, 22.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- China's 150,950 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,238 t, 67.4× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 84,970 t | 66,426 t | 99,652 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,855 t | 63,517 t | 109,640 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,311 t | 89,102 t | 162,807 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 178,077 t | 150,950 t | 230,632 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 8 Germany 185,288 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11,438 t compare
- 9 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,465 t compare
- 9 Mexico 182,182 t compare
- 10 India 170,038 t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 7,181 t compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 7,146 t compare
- 12 Italy 138,588 t compare
- 12 Melanesia 6,853 t compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,139 t compare
- 13 Nigeria 134,146 t compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 122,959 t compare
- 14 Polynesia 2,804 t compare
More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 5.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8065 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.2517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in China?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in China was 150,950 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 230,632 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,517 t in 2004.
- How does China rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- China ranks 11th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.