Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Grenada
Grenada: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 21.02 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Grenada, 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 Grenada stood at 21.02 kg/ha.
The figure is up 4.3% on the previous year and up 53.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Grenada peaked at 27.3 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 7.28 kg/ha, in 2002.
That places Grenada 11th 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 Grenada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 11.98 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 12.6 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 11.66 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1993 | 10.93 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 11.97 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 13.85 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1996 | 13.16 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 10.93 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1998 | 9.18 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1999 | 8.71 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 8.93 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 7.87 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2002 | 7.28 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 7.44 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 9.05 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2005 | 14.24 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 2006 | 15.18 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 26.95 kg/ha | +77.5% |
| 2008 | 27.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 23.59 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 11.44 kg/ha | -51.5% |
| 2011 | 8.99 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2012 | 10.12 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 11.81 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 13.72 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 16.66 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2016 | 16.38 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 17.04 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 16.46 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 16.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 15.69 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2021 | 16.56 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 17.35 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 20.15 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2024 | 21.02 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.5 kg/ha | 8.71 kg/ha | 13.85 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.78 kg/ha | 7.28 kg/ha | 27.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.91 kg/ha | 8.99 kg/ha | 17.04 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.15 kg/ha | 15.69 kg/ha | 21.02 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 8 Seychelles 23.16 kg/ha compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 22 kg/ha compare
- 10 Andorra 21.06 kg/ha compare
- 12 Paraguay 20.59 kg/ha compare
- 13 Panama 19.97 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.89 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Grenada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.271 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.45 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 3 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2019)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 2 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate 100 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 183.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0008 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Grenada?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Grenada was 21.02 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 27.3 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.28 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Grenada rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Grenada ranks 11th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Grenada 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).