Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 27.62 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia stood at 27.62 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia peaked at 35.51 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 17.83 kg/ha, in 2001.
Saint Lucia ranks 5th of 187 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 35.51 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 35.15 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 31.5 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 27.8 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1994 | 24.94 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 24.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 22.6 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 22.02 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 19.82 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 21.04 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2000 | 19.42 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 17.83 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 20.15 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2003 | 25.02 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2004 | 28.96 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 26.32 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 20.89 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 18.1 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 18.23 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 21.35 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 22.46 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 22.76 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 22.19 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 21.93 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 24.7 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2015 | 27.66 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2016 | 26.92 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 23.77 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 21.34 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 23.13 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2020 | 25.36 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2021 | 26.87 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 27.62 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 27.62 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 27.62 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26.53 kg/ha | 19.82 kg/ha | 35.51 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.63 kg/ha | 17.83 kg/ha | 28.96 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.69 kg/ha | 21.34 kg/ha | 27.66 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.02 kg/ha | 25.36 kg/ha | 27.62 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 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
- 6 Djibouti 25.69 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 2.21 kg/ha compare
- 7 Maldives 23.67 kg/ha compare
- 8 Seychelles 23.16 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 56.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0545 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 57.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per capita 0.0252 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Lucia was 27.62 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.51 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.83 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Saint Lucia ranks 5th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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).