Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Croatia
Croatia: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 1.72 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Croatia, 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 Croatia is 1.72 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 33.3% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Croatia peaked at 2.99 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.29 kg/ha, in 2023.
Croatia ranks 101st of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Croatia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.74 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 2.27 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1994 | 2.5 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 2.77 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 2.83 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2.75 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 2.41 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 2.36 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 2.99 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2001 | 2.83 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2002 | 2.7 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 2.57 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 2.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 2.31 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 2.31 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2.23 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 2.59 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2009 | 2.23 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 1.62 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 2011 | 1.72 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 1.79 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 2.11 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2014 | 2.38 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 2.51 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 1.97 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2017 | 1.77 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2018 | 1.94 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 1.74 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 1.71 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1.57 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2022 | 1.62 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 1.29 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2024 | 1.72 kg/ha | +33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.45 kg/ha | 1.74 kg/ha | 2.83 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 2.53 kg/ha | 2.23 kg/ha | 2.99 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.96 kg/ha | 1.62 kg/ha | 2.51 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.58 kg/ha | 1.29 kg/ha | 1.72 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Croatia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Croatia was 1.72 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 Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.99 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.29 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Croatia rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Croatia ranks 101st out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Croatia 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).