Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Türkiye
Türkiye: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 2.21 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Türkiye, 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 Türkiye is 2.21 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 33.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Türkiye peaked at 2.59 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.87 kg/ha, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.08 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.88 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1992 | 0.98 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 1.02 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.87 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1995 | 1.01 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1996 | 1.12 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 1.28 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 1.12 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 1.23 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2000 | 1.27 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.97 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2002 | 1.05 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2003 | 1.27 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 1.08 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 1.52 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 2006 | 1.06 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2007 | 1.96 kg/ha | +84.9% |
| 2008 | 1.54 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 1.55 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.58 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 1.67 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 1.79 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 1.66 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 1.66 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.63 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2.11 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2017 | 2.31 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 2.59 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2019 | 2.22 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 2.31 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 2.25 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.31 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 2.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 2.21 kg/ha | -7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.06 kg/ha | 0.87 kg/ha | 1.28 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.33 kg/ha | 0.97 kg/ha | 1.96 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.92 kg/ha | 1.58 kg/ha | 2.59 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.3 kg/ha | 2.21 kg/ha | 2.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
- 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
- 6 Djibouti 25.69 kg/ha compare
- 7 Maldives 23.67 kg/ha compare
- 8 Seychelles 23.16 kg/ha compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 22 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Türkiye
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.93 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.628 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 5.34 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth 48.48 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP 5.59 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 5.34 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 5.59 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Türkiye?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Türkiye was 2.21 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 2.59 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.87 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Türkiye rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Türkiye ranks 6th out of 17 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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).