Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in India
India: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.24 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in India, 1990–2024
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 India is 0.24 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in India peaked at 0.44 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.09 kg/ha, in 2008.
India ranks 163rd of 187 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.44 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.42 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1992 | 0.42 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.39 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 0.36 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.36 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.33 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 0.31 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 0.29 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 0.27 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 0.26 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 0.26 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.25 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 0.24 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.21 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.21 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.22 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 0.16 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 0.09 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 2009 | 0.17 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 2010 | 0.24 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 2011 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.24 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.359 kg/ha | 0.27 kg/ha | 0.44 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.207 kg/ha | 0.09 kg/ha | 0.26 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.24 kg/ha | 0.24 kg/ha | 0.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.24 kg/ha | 0.24 kg/ha | 0.24 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 160 Turkmenistan 0.3 kg/ha compare
- 161 Kazakhstan 0.29 kg/ha compare
- 162 Serbia and Montenegro 0.27 kg/ha compare
- 164 Azerbaijan 0.23 kg/ha compare
- 165 Cuba 0.22 kg/ha compare
- 165 Ethiopia 0.22 kg/ha compare
- 165 North Macedonia 0.22 kg/ha compare
More environment data for India
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 18.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0022 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 3.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in India?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in India was 0.24 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.44 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.09 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does India rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- India ranks 163rd out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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).