Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.71 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha recorded 0.71 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.4% on the previous year and down 74.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha peaked at 2.97 kg/cap in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.16 kg/cap, in 1990.
Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 51st of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.16 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.17 kg/cap | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.29 kg/cap | +70.6% |
| 1998 | 0.45 kg/cap | +55.2% |
| 1999 | 0.64 kg/cap | +42.2% |
| 2000 | 0.55 kg/cap | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 0.57 kg/cap | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.18 kg/cap | +107.0% |
| 2003 | 1.43 kg/cap | +21.2% |
| 2004 | 2.59 kg/cap | +81.1% |
| 2005 | 1.97 kg/cap | -23.9% |
| 2006 | 1.98 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.72 kg/cap | -63.6% |
| 2008 | 0.86 kg/cap | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 1.06 kg/cap | +23.3% |
| 2010 | 1.35 kg/cap | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 1.07 kg/cap | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 0.75 kg/cap | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 0.51 kg/cap | -32.0% |
| 2014 | 2.77 kg/cap | +443.1% |
| 2015 | 2.72 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 2.97 kg/cap | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 1.06 kg/cap | -64.3% |
| 2018 | 1.4 kg/cap | +32.1% |
| 2019 | 1.43 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 1.47 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1.09 kg/cap | -25.9% |
| 2022 | 0.84 kg/cap | -22.9% |
| 2023 | 0.58 kg/cap | -31.0% |
| 2024 | 0.71 kg/cap | +22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.256 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 0.64 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 kg/cap | 0.55 kg/cap | 2.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 2.97 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.938 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 1.47 kg/cap | 5 |
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More environment data for Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.219 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.42 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.54 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 33.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 15.15 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value 55.89 1000 USD (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 66.67 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha was 0.71 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 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The highest recorded value was 2.97 kg/cap in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.16 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha ranks 51st out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 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).