Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Pakistan
Pakistan: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.85 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Pakistan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 0.85 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Pakistan peaked at 0.88 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.52 kg/ha, in 1997.
Pakistan ranks 136th of 187 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.55 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.54 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.54 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.54 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.54 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.53 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 0.53 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.52 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.55 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 0.61 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2000 | 0.84 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 2001 | 0.84 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.84 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.84 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.86 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.88 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.88 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.88 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.86 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.85 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.85 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.86 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 0.84 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.83 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 0.84 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.85 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.84 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.86 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.85 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.545 kg/ha | 0.52 kg/ha | 0.61 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.856 kg/ha | 0.84 kg/ha | 0.88 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.852 kg/ha | 0.83 kg/ha | 0.88 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.854 kg/ha | 0.84 kg/ha | 0.86 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 25.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0001 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate -18.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — 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 Pakistan?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Pakistan was 0.85 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.88 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.52 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Pakistan rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Pakistan ranks 136th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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).