Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre was 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2023)
1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre
Change on year
up 40.5%
World rank
74th
of 180 countries
All-time high
1.06 1000 USD per square kilometre
in 2015
All-time low
0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre
in 1972
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 USD per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka stood at 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre.
That represents a change of up 40.5% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka peaked at 1.06 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre, in 1972.
Sri Lanka ranks 74th of 180 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | 1000 USD per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0206 1000 USD per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0213 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 0.0246 1000 USD per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0268 1000 USD per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 0.0277 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0399 1000 USD per square kilometre | +44.3% |
| 1967 | 0.0332 1000 USD per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 0.0349 1000 USD per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0322 1000 USD per square kilometre | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 0.0094 1000 USD per square kilometre | -70.9% |
| 1971 | 0.023 1000 USD per square kilometre | +145.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre | -79.2% |
| 1973 | 0.0276 1000 USD per square kilometre | +477.7% |
| 1974 | 0.0404 1000 USD per square kilometre | +46.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0408 1000 USD per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0335 1000 USD per square kilometre | -18.0% |
| 1977 | 0.0542 1000 USD per square kilometre | +61.9% |
| 1978 | 0.1367 1000 USD per square kilometre | +152.1% |
| 1979 | 0.088 1000 USD per square kilometre | -35.6% |
| 1980 | 0.0603 1000 USD per square kilometre | -31.5% |
| 1981 | 0.0802 1000 USD per square kilometre | +33.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0893 1000 USD per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1983 | 0.0959 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1194 1000 USD per square kilometre | +24.5% |
| 1985 | 0.1022 1000 USD per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 1986 | 0.1263 1000 USD per square kilometre | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 0.1264 1000 USD per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1452 1000 USD per square kilometre | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1399 1000 USD per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2076 1000 USD per square kilometre | +48.4% |
| 1991 | 0.183 1000 USD per square kilometre | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2236 1000 USD per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2903 1000 USD per square kilometre | +29.9% |
| 1994 | 0.3213 1000 USD per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2388 1000 USD per square kilometre | -25.7% |
| 1996 | 0.2572 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.2906 1000 USD per square kilometre | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3436 1000 USD per square kilometre | +18.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3554 1000 USD per square kilometre | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.3243 1000 USD per square kilometre | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3122 1000 USD per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3581 1000 USD per square kilometre | +14.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3835 1000 USD per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3277 1000 USD per square kilometre | -14.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3794 1000 USD per square kilometre | +15.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4319 1000 USD per square kilometre | +13.8% |
| 2007 | 0.37 1000 USD per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 0.7185 1000 USD per square kilometre | +94.2% |
| 2009 | 0.5145 1000 USD per square kilometre | -28.4% |
| 2010 | 0.7509 1000 USD per square kilometre | +46.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9592 1000 USD per square kilometre | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 0.7851 1000 USD per square kilometre | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 1.01 1000 USD per square kilometre | +28.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7714 1000 USD per square kilometre | -23.7% |
| 2015 | 1.06 1000 USD per square kilometre | +38.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8816 1000 USD per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6152 1000 USD per square kilometre | -30.2% |
| 2018 | 0.7335 1000 USD per square kilometre | +19.2% |
| 2019 | 0.8515 1000 USD per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 2020 | 1.05 1000 USD per square kilometre | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 0.7365 1000 USD per square kilometre | -29.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7236 1000 USD per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre | +40.5% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6547 1000 USD per square kilometre, 1.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.7561 1000 USD per square kilometre, 1.3× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +477.7% | 0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0276 1000 USD per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.029 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0206 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0399 1000 USD per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0458 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.1367 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1085 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.0603 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.1452 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2711 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.183 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.3554 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.412 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.3122 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.7185 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8424 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.6152 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.06 1000 USD per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8808 1000 USD per square kilometre | 0.7236 1000 USD per square kilometre | 1.05 1000 USD per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 71 French Polynesia 1.16 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 72 Marshall Islands 1.09 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 73 Paraguay 1.07 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 75 Nicaragua 1.01 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 76 Samoa 0.9546 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
- 77 Cambodia 0.9235 1000 USD per square kilometre compare
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 5.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka?
- Pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka was 1.02 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 1.06 1000 USD per square kilometre in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0048 1000 USD per square kilometre in 1972.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre?
- Sri Lanka ranks 74th out of 180 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pesticides (total) — import value, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import value, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Pesticides (total) — Import value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Pesticides (total) — Import value ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Pesticides (total) — Import value Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pesticides (total) — Import value divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.