Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Greece
Greece: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 42,612 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Greece, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Greece recorded 42,612 t for pesticides (total) — import quantity in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Greece peaked at 62,250 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 16,206 t, in 1990.
That places Greece 45th out of 217 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Greece, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16,206 t | — |
| 1991 | 16,868 t | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 18,195 t | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 17,302 t | -4.9% |
| 1994 | 17,562 t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 26,553 t | +51.2% |
| 1996 | 23,390 t | -11.9% |
| 1997 | 24,972 t | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 23,539 t | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 21,730 t | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 24,629 t | +13.3% |
| 2001 | 62,250 t | +152.7% |
| 2002 | 24,315 t | -60.9% |
| 2003 | 28,428 t | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 29,600 t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 28,231 t | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 26,251 t | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 25,332 t | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 26,380 t | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 22,080 t | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 23,970 t | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 28,613 t | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 24,759 t | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 26,794 t | +8.2% |
| 2014 | 28,895 t | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 31,356 t | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 31,330 t | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 33,789 t | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 34,280 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 36,329 t | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 46,663 t | +28.4% |
| 2021 | 47,067 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 40,817 t | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 38,346 t | -6.1% |
| 2024 | 42,612 t | +11.1% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 42,612 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,958 t, 2.8× the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Greece's 42,612 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 15,368 t, 2.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +152.7% | 24,629 t | 62,250 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,632 t | 16,206 t | 26,553 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,750 t | 22,080 t | 62,250 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,011 t | 23,970 t | 36,329 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,101 t | 38,346 t | 47,067 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 42 Uruguay 49,055 t compare
- 43 Belgium-Luxembourg 44,148 t compare
- 44 Austria 42,815 t compare
- 46 El Salvador 41,010 t compare
- 47 Cabo Verde 842.98 t compare
- 47 Guatemala 40,174 t compare
- 48 Egypt 37,817 t compare
More environment data for Greece
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.43 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.28 % 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 -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Greece?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Greece was 42,612 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 62,250 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,206 t in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Greece ranks 45th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.