Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Asia
Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.23 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Asia is 0.23 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Asia peaked at 0.27 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.19 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Asia 18th out of 26 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.199 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.22 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.224 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 16 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 17 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 18 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 19 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
- 20 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.9 kg/cap compare
- 21 Samoa 1.87 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Asia
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 23.81 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 111.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 13.76 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 28.82 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 7.75 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita 4.95 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity 16.82 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 10.38 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 66.14 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 40.14 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Asia was 0.23 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.27 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.19 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Asia ranks 18th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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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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).