Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in United States of America
United States of America: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 2.78 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 2.78 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in United States of America peaked at 2.87 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.1 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places United States of America 8th out of 25 groups 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 United States of America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.13 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 2.1 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 2.16 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 2.11 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 2.31 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 2.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 2.39 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 2.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.37 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 2.44 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 2.41 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 2.31 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 2.35 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 2.35 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.44 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 2.42 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 2.36 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 2.43 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 2.32 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 2.22 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 2.34 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 2.46 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 2.59 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 2.65 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.6 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 2.66 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.82 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 2.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 2.87 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.81 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 2.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 2.81 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 2.76 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 2.78 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 2.78 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.27 kg/ha | 2.1 kg/ha | 2.44 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.36 kg/ha | 2.22 kg/ha | 2.44 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.66 kg/ha | 2.34 kg/ha | 2.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.79 kg/ha | 2.76 kg/ha | 2.81 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 5 Saint Lucia 27.62 kg/ha compare
- 5 Wallis and Futuna Islands 2.96 kg/ha compare
- 6 Djibouti 25.69 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 2.21 kg/ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.01 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
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.19 kg/ha compare
- 10 Andorra 21.06 kg/ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 1.18 kg/ha compare
- 11 Grenada 21.02 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 0.83 kg/ha compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 2.02 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 11.43 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.53 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 9.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 3.67 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in United States of America?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in United States of America was 2.78 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.87 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does United States of America rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- United States of America ranks 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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).