Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.54 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Bulgaria, 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 Bulgaria is 0.54 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 285.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bulgaria peaked at 0.95 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.14 kg/cap, in 2014.
Bulgaria ranks 66th of 186 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 | 0.422 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.296 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 0.36 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.378 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.95 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.588 kg/cap | 0.5 kg/cap | 0.65 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 65 Belarus, Republic of 0.56 kg/cap compare
- 67 Germany 0.53 kg/cap compare
- 67 Naoero 0.53 kg/cap compare
- 69 El Salvador 0.52 kg/cap compare
- 69 Ukraine 0.52 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Bulgaria
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.573 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 200,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 409,949 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 42,467 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 11,362 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 157,473 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 112,591 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 300,048 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bulgaria?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Bulgaria was 0.54 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 Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.95 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 kg/cap in 2014.
- How does Bulgaria rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Bulgaria ranks 66th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 285.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria 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).