Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 18.49 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recorded 18.49 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.9% on the previous year and down 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 36.4 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 18.49 kg/ha, in 2024.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 17th 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 Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25.87 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 26.32 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 26.88 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 27.48 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 28.13 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 28.85 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 29.62 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 30.48 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 31.42 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 32.46 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 33.62 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 34.93 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 36.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 35.68 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 34.95 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 34.23 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 33.51 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2007 | 32.79 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 32.07 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 31.27 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 35.04 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 34.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 33.16 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 32.22 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 31.28 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 30.38 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 31.88 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 28.9 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 26.24 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2019 | 24.13 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 25.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 26.32 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 24.12 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2023 | 20.76 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 18.49 kg/ha | -10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 28.75 kg/ha | 25.87 kg/ha | 32.46 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.95 kg/ha | 31.27 kg/ha | 36.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.73 kg/ha | 24.13 kg/ha | 35.04 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.96 kg/ha | 18.49 kg/ha | 26.32 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.33 kg/ha compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 19.89 kg/ha compare
- 15 Costa Rica 19.7 kg/ha compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.12 kg/ha compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.12 kg/ha compare
- 16 Naoero 18.82 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Republic of Tanzania 0 kg/ha compare
- 18 Israel 18.08 kg/ha compare
- 19 China, Hong Kong SAR 18 kg/ha compare
- 20 Mauritius 16.79 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 0.2717 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 98.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.2788 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 18.49 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 Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 36.4 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.49 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 17th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
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).