Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Belarus
Belarus: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.56 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 0.56 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 180.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belarus peaked at 0.56 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.08 kg/cap, in 2017.
Belarus ranks 73rd of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2012 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.302 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.226 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.498 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.56 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More environment data for Belarus
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.46 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 25.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 465.3 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 11.48 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 29.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,331 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 78.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 69.62 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 5,520 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belarus?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belarus was 0.56 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 Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.56 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 kg/cap in 2017.
- How does Belarus rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Belarus ranks 73rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 180.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus 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).