Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Australia
Australia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.41 kg/cap in 2017. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Australia, 1990–2017
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 Australia is 2.41 kg/cap, measured in 2017.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and up 55.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Australia peaked at 2.61 kg/cap in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.03 kg/cap, in 1991.
That places Australia 12th out of 208 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.46 kg/cap | 1.03 kg/cap | 1.99 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7 kg/cap | 1.36 kg/cap | 2.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 kg/cap | 1.9 kg/cap | 2.61 kg/cap | 8 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 9 Panama 2.62 kg/cap compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 2.61 kg/cap compare
- 11 Canada 2.57 kg/cap compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 2.3 kg/cap compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 15 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Australia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,196 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,920 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 43.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 91.29 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 331,869 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 385 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 8.6 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,265 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Australia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Australia was 2.41 kg/cap in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.61 kg/cap in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 kg/cap in 1991.
- How does Australia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Australia ranks 12th out of 208 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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).