Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Sweden
Sweden: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.81 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Sweden, 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 Sweden is 0.81 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Sweden peaked at 0.96 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.44 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Sweden 140th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.81 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.66 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 0.54 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 0.53 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 0.71 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1995 | 0.44 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1996 | 0.54 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1997 | 0.55 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 0.56 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 0.58 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.66 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 0.67 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.83 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2003 | 0.96 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 0.51 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 2005 | 0.79 kg/ha | +54.9% |
| 2006 | 0.84 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.82 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 0.74 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2010 | 0.76 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.93 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2012 | 0.92 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.84 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 0.96 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 0.76 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2017 | 0.81 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.73 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2019 | 0.71 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.81 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2021 | 0.84 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.92 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 0.8 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2024 | 0.81 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.592 kg/ha | 0.44 kg/ha | 0.81 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.772 kg/ha | 0.51 kg/ha | 0.96 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.832 kg/ha | 0.71 kg/ha | 0.96 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.836 kg/ha | 0.8 kg/ha | 0.92 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 13.49 % 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 0.0724 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 6.75 % 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 Sweden?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Sweden was 0.81 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.96 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.44 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Sweden ranks 140th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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).