Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Barbados
Barbados: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.24 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Barbados, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Barbados stood at 0.24 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 31.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Barbados peaked at 2.53 kg/cap in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.24 kg/cap, in 2021.
Barbados ranks 119th of 208 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.66 kg/cap | 0.61 kg/cap | 2.53 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.513 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 0.6 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.343 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.244 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
More environment data for Barbados
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 67.5 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 5.4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.64 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 20 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 10 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 70 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 7 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.03 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Barbados?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Barbados was 0.24 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 2.53 kg/cap in 1995.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.24 kg/cap in 2021.
- How does Barbados rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Barbados ranks 119th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Barbados 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).