Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg
Belgium-Luxembourg: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 9.89 kg/ha in 1999. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1990–1999
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 Belgium-Luxembourg is 9.89 kg/ha, measured in 1999.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg peaked at 11.69 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 8.82 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Belgium-Luxembourg 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 1999, putting it in the top quarter.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.62 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 11.69 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 10.69 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 10.56 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 8.82 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1995 | 10.1 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1996 | 9.94 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 9.34 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 10.19 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 9.89 kg/ha | -2.9% |
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More environment data for Belgium-Luxembourg
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (1999)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (1999)
- Standard Deviation 0.586 °C (1999)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 232,000 t (1999)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 171,000 t (1999)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 191.49 kg/ha (1999)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 16.05 kg/cap (1999)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 18.81 g/Int$ (1999)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 45,000 t (1999)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.22 kg/cap (1999)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Belgium-Luxembourg was 9.89 kg/ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 11.69 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.82 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 32nd out of 187 countries with data for 1999.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg 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).