Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Belgium
Belgium: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.47 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belgium stood at 0.47 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.6% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belgium peaked at 0.93 kg/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.41 kg/cap, in 2023.
That places Belgium 73rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.784 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 0.93 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.557 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 0.64 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.466 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 5 |
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More environment data for Belgium
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.46 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.70 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,603 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,041 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.75 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belgium?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Belgium was 0.47 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.93 kg/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Belgium ranks 73rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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).