Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 18 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR stood at 18 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 18.33 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6.43 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 19th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 16.43 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 13.57 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1992 | 12 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 10.57 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 10.14 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 6.43 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1996 | 6.49 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 7.63 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1998 | 7.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 7.77 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 7.83 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 8.83 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 14 kg/ha | +58.6% |
| 2003 | 15 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 8.5 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 2005 | 7.5 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 9.6 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2007 | 9 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2008 | 11 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2009 | 9.2 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2010 | 9.11 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 14 kg/ha | +53.7% |
| 2012 | 13.66 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 13.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 14.15 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 12.44 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2016 | 16.25 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2017 | 14.15 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2018 | 17 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 13.75 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2020 | 18.33 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2021 | 15 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2022 | 16.67 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 18.33 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 18 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.87 kg/ha | 6.43 kg/ha | 16.43 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.05 kg/ha | 7.5 kg/ha | 15 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.84 kg/ha | 9.11 kg/ha | 17 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.27 kg/ha | 15 kg/ha | 18.33 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
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- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.57 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 0.03 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 73 kg/ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Hong Kong SAR was 18 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 18.33 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.43 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 19th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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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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).