Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belarus
Belarus: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.91 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belarus is 0.91 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 175.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belarus peaked at 0.91 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.12 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Belarus 132nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belarus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.33 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 0.34 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 0.33 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 0.33 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.33 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.33 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 0.29 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 0.29 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.33 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 0.28 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2003 | 0.34 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 0.41 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2005 | 0.64 kg/ha | +56.1% |
| 2006 | 0.69 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 0.75 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2008 | 0.69 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 0.68 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 0.54 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 0.43 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2013 | 0.39 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 0.33 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2015 | 0.25 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2016 | 0.19 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2017 | 0.12 kg/ha | -36.8% |
| 2018 | 0.14 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 0.72 kg/ha | +414.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.72 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 0.74 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.86 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 0.91 kg/ha | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3225 kg/ha | 0.29 kg/ha | 0.34 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.51 kg/ha | 0.28 kg/ha | 0.75 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.371 kg/ha | 0.12 kg/ha | 0.72 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.806 kg/ha | 0.72 kg/ha | 0.91 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1993 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.869 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.57 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0087 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 60.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.002 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belarus?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belarus was 0.91 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.91 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Belarus rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Belarus ranks 132nd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 175.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).