Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 271,007 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 271,007 t for pesticides (total) — import quantity in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Asia peaked at 428,472 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 96,100 t, in 1990.
Eastern Asia ranks 22nd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 96,100 t | — |
| 1991 | 105,380 t | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 118,152 t | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 98,178 t | -16.9% |
| 1994 | 115,339 t | +17.5% |
| 1995 | 127,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 121,614 t | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 131,708 t | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 133,155 t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 137,206 t | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 154,549 t | +12.6% |
| 2001 | 121,965 t | -21.1% |
| 2002 | 116,948 t | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 117,414 t | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 116,869 t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 133,567 t | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 152,372 t | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 158,961 t | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 166,975 t | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 158,337 t | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 157,669 t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 169,728 t | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 200,121 t | +17.9% |
| 2013 | 218,320 t | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 243,394 t | +11.5% |
| 2015 | 238,000 t | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 259,023 t | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 253,721 t | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 246,261 t | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 250,171 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 428,472 t | +71.3% |
| 2021 | 314,471 t | -26.6% |
| 2022 | 294,629 t | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 269,860 t | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 271,007 t | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Asia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +71.3% | 250,171 t | 428,472 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 118,383 t | 96,100 t | 137,206 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 139,796 t | 116,869 t | 166,975 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 223,641 t | 157,669 t | 259,023 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 315,688 t | 269,860 t | 428,472 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 173.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 137.00 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 68.03 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Asia was 271,007 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 428,472 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 96,100 t in 1990.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Eastern Asia ranks 22nd out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.