Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Austria
Austria: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.57 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Austria, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Austria stood at 0.57 kg/cap.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 46.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Austria peaked at 0.67 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.37 kg/cap, in 2013.
Austria ranks 70th of 208 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.478 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.421 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.466 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 0.6 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.618 kg/cap | 0.57 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More environment data for Austria
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 11.2 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 155.08 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 135.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 14.32 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 46.05 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,182 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 63.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 51.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,321 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Austria?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Austria was 0.57 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 Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.67 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.37 kg/cap in 2013.
- How does Austria rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Austria ranks 70th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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).