Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.61 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Antigua and Barbuda recorded 2.61 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 32.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 4.59 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.97 kg/cap, in 2014.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 10th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4.59 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 4.57 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 4.49 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 4.41 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 4.33 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 4.24 kg/cap | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 4.16 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 4.07 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 4 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 3.61 kg/cap | -9.8% |
| 2000 | 3.47 kg/cap | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 3.58 kg/cap | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 4.23 kg/cap | +18.2% |
| 2003 | 4.25 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 4.27 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 4.29 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 4.31 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 3.57 kg/cap | -17.2% |
| 2008 | 3.85 kg/cap | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 4.51 kg/cap | +17.1% |
| 2010 | 4.01 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 3.48 kg/cap | -13.2% |
| 2012 | 2.97 kg/cap | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 2.46 kg/cap | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 1.97 kg/cap | -19.9% |
| 2015 | 1.97 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2.02 kg/cap | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2.2 kg/cap | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 2.4 kg/cap | +9.1% |
| 2020 | 2.72 kg/cap | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 2.72 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2.66 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 2.53 kg/cap | -4.9% |
| 2024 | 2.61 kg/cap | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.25 kg/cap | 3.61 kg/cap | 4.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.03 kg/cap | 3.47 kg/cap | 4.51 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.55 kg/cap | 1.97 kg/cap | 4.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.65 kg/cap | 2.53 kg/cap | 2.72 kg/cap | 5 |
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More environment data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.19 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate -25.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0009 t per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -33.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value, per capita 0.0027 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0001 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Antigua and Barbuda was 2.61 kg/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 4.59 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.97 kg/cap in 2014.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 10th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. 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).