Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Polynesia
Polynesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 6.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Polynesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Polynesia recorded 6.1 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.6% on the previous year and up 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Polynesia peaked at 8.85 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.5 kg/ha, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 2.56 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 2.7 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 2.75 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 3.12 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1995 | 3.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 3.19 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1998 | 3.15 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 3.16 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 3.37 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 3.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 3.91 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 3.97 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 4.02 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 3.97 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 4.14 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 4.24 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 4.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 4.23 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 4 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 3.82 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 3.78 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 3.86 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 4.11 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 4.08 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 4.19 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 4.34 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 5.24 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2019 | 5.68 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 8.05 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 2021 | 8.76 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2022 | 8.85 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 5.06 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2024 | 6.1 kg/ha | +20.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.92 kg/ha | 2.5 kg/ha | 3.19 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.96 kg/ha | 3.37 kg/ha | 4.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.31 kg/ha | 3.78 kg/ha | 5.68 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.36 kg/ha | 5.06 kg/ha | 8.85 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 37.72 kg/ha compare
- 2 Qatar 35.11 kg/ha compare
- 3 Netherlands Antilles (former) 29.75 kg/ha compare
- 4 Turks and Caicos Islands 28.04 kg/ha compare
- 5 Saint Lucia 27.62 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Polynesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.894 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 972.05 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Polynesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Polynesia was 6.1 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 Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 8.85 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Polynesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Polynesia ranks 2nd out of 17 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia 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).