Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Bermuda
Bermuda: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.01 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Bermuda, 1990–2024
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 Bermuda is 2.01 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bermuda peaked at 3.27 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.35 kg/cap, in 1991.
That places Bermuda 16th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Bermuda, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.36 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.35 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 0.35 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.67 kg/cap | +91.4% |
| 1994 | 1.32 kg/cap | +97.0% |
| 1995 | 1.84 kg/cap | +39.4% |
| 1996 | 1.82 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.48 kg/cap | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 1.27 kg/cap | -14.2% |
| 1999 | 1.29 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 1.31 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 1.33 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1.35 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 1.37 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 1.39 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 1 kg/cap | -28.1% |
| 2006 | 0.69 kg/cap | -31.0% |
| 2007 | 0.73 kg/cap | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1.25 kg/cap | +71.2% |
| 2009 | 1.42 kg/cap | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 1.26 kg/cap | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 1.27 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.79 kg/cap | +40.9% |
| 2013 | 2.39 kg/cap | +33.5% |
| 2014 | 2.84 kg/cap | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 3.27 kg/cap | +15.1% |
| 2016 | 2.82 kg/cap | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 2.42 kg/cap | -14.2% |
| 2018 | 1.84 kg/cap | -24.0% |
| 2019 | 2.11 kg/cap | +14.7% |
| 2020 | 2.33 kg/cap | +10.4% |
| 2021 | 2.27 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2.15 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 1.96 kg/cap | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 2.01 kg/cap | +2.6% |
Bermuda compared with similar countries
- Bermuda's 2.01 kg/cap is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.57 kg/cap, 3.5× the median. (63 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.07 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 1.84 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.18 kg/cap | 0.69 kg/cap | 1.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.2 kg/cap | 1.26 kg/cap | 3.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 kg/cap | 1.96 kg/cap | 2.33 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bermuda
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 15 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 16 Caribbean 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 17 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 17 United Republic of Tanzania 0 kg/cap compare
- 18 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
- 19 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.9 kg/cap compare
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- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) (Mt) 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.6515 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 100 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bermuda?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bermuda was 2.01 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 Bermuda?
- The highest recorded value was 3.27 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Bermuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 kg/cap in 1991.
- How does Bermuda rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Bermuda ranks 16th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Bermuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bermuda 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).