Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Northern America
Northern America: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 507,966 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Northern America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import quantity in Northern America is 507,966 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.9% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Northern America peaked at 770,871 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 124,007 t, in 1991.
That places Northern America 12th out of 47 groups 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 138,966 t | — |
| 1991 | 124,007 t | -10.8% |
| 1992 | 138,220 t | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 147,086 t | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 150,953 t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 172,335 t | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 180,063 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 182,100 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 212,838 t | +16.9% |
| 1999 | 211,001 t | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 185,599 t | -12.0% |
| 2001 | 213,498 t | +15.0% |
| 2002 | 208,418 t | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 211,275 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 264,578 t | +25.2% |
| 2005 | 228,261 t | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 283,394 t | +24.2% |
| 2007 | 294,863 t | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 299,150 t | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 336,918 t | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 338,924 t | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 334,566 t | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 380,908 t | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 408,097 t | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 389,382 t | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 379,059 t | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 393,876 t | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 471,125 t | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 467,818 t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 421,766 t | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 770,871 t | +82.8% |
| 2021 | 712,560 t | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 585,094 t | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 488,752 t | -16.5% |
| 2024 | 507,966 t | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Northern America 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 | +82.8% | 421,766 t | 770,871 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 165,757 t | 124,007 t | 212,838 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 252,595 t | 185,599 t | 336,918 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 398,552 t | 334,566 t | 471,125 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 613,049 t | 488,752 t | 770,871 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 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 China 150,950 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
- 15 Spain 115,716 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 443.53 t compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Northern America?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Northern America was 507,966 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 770,871 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 124,007 t in 1991.
- How does Northern America rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Northern America ranks 12th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.