Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade)
South America (excluding intra-trade): Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 1.04 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade) stood at 1.04 million t. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 33.0% on the previous year and up 178.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 1.04 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 24,379 t, in 1990.
South America (excluding intra-trade) ranks 6th of 47 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 24,379 t | — |
| 1991 | 26,656 t | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 28,762 t | +7.9% |
| 1993 | 46,547 t | +61.8% |
| 1994 | 46,593 t | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 43,116 t | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 53,416 t | +23.9% |
| 1997 | 68,125 t | +27.5% |
| 1998 | 71,267 t | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 60,880 t | -14.6% |
| 2000 | 62,364 t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 100,077 t | +60.5% |
| 2002 | 97,761 t | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 110,056 t | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 112,929 t | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 139,373 t | +23.4% |
| 2006 | 112,120 t | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 260,240 t | +132.1% |
| 2008 | 157,921 t | -39.3% |
| 2009 | 164,374 t | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 206,663 t | +25.7% |
| 2011 | 252,044 t | +22.0% |
| 2012 | 303,774 t | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 370,338 t | +21.9% |
| 2014 | 371,765 t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 379,536 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 447,314 t | +17.9% |
| 2017 | 463,622 t | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 465,825 t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 505,603 t | +8.5% |
| 2020 | 523,370 t | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 608,039 t | +16.2% |
| 2022 | 851,345 t | +40.0% |
| 2023 | 778,411 t | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 1.04 million t | +33.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 46,974 t | 24,379 t | 71,267 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 131,721 t | 62,364 t | 260,240 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 376,648 t | 206,663 t | 505,603 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 759,235 t | 523,370 t | 1.04 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for South America (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 5.69 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 84,084 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 9.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity 197,936 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6.12 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 10.01 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 25,614 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity 377,156 t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 14,243 t (2024)
- Other nitrogenous fertilizers, n.e.c. — Import value 251,406 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in South America (excluding intra-trade) was 1.04 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in South America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.04 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in South America (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,379 t in 1990.
- How does South America (excluding intra-trade) rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- South America (excluding intra-trade) ranks 6th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in South America (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 178.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America (excluding intra-trade) 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.