Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 13.58 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China, Taiwan Province of recorded 13.58 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 13.58 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9.66 kg/ha, in 2010.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 24th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.18 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 11.26 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 11.36 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 11.38 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 11.42 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 11.4 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 11.42 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 10.83 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 10.4 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 13.38 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2000 | 10.58 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2001 | 9.98 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 12.45 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2003 | 12.02 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 11.61 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 11.08 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 10.86 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 11.49 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 10.68 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 10.54 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 9.66 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 10.22 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 11.7 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2013 | 12.04 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 10.78 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2015 | 11.67 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 11.97 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 13.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 13.34 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 13.35 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 13.35 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 13.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 13.52 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 13.55 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 13.58 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.4 kg/ha | 10.4 kg/ha | 13.38 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.13 kg/ha | 9.98 kg/ha | 12.45 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.8 kg/ha | 9.66 kg/ha | 13.35 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.48 kg/ha | 13.35 kg/ha | 13.58 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Taiwan Province of
- 21 Bahamas 16.19 kg/ha compare
- 22 Suriname 14.01 kg/ha compare
- 23 Malta 13.75 kg/ha compare
- 24 Cabo Verde 0.07 kg/ha compare
- 25 Côte d'Ivoire 0 kg/ha compare
- 25 Republic of Korea 13.03 kg/ha compare
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 12.59 kg/ha compare
- 27 Palestine, State of 11.91 kg/ha compare
More environment data for China, Taiwan Province of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.342 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 776.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 9,017 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 3,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 3,596 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in China, Taiwan Province of was 13.58 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, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 13.58 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.66 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 24th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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).