Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Canada
Canada: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.57 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Canada, 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 Canada is 2.57 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Canada peaked at 2.67 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1 kg/cap, in 1994.
Canada ranks 11th of 192 countries on this measure, 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 Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.06 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 1.05 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 1.03 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 1.02 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 1994 | 1 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 1.09 kg/cap | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 1.18 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 1.27 kg/cap | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1.36 kg/cap | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 1.45 kg/cap | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 1.29 kg/cap | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 1.23 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 1.09 kg/cap | -11.4% |
| 2003 | 1.12 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 1.13 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 1.12 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 1.12 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.36 kg/cap | +21.4% |
| 2008 | 1.61 kg/cap | +18.4% |
| 2009 | 1.61 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.79 kg/cap | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 1.8 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 2.1 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 2.31 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 2.14 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 2015 | 2.09 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 2.5 kg/cap | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 2.67 kg/cap | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 2.35 kg/cap | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 2.09 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2020 | 2.44 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 2.54 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 2.46 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 2.6 kg/cap | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 2.57 kg/cap | -1.2% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 2.57 kg/cap is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.57 kg/cap, 4.5× the median. (63 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.15 kg/cap | 1 kg/cap | 1.45 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 kg/cap | 1.09 kg/cap | 1.61 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.18 kg/cap | 1.79 kg/cap | 2.67 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.52 kg/cap | 2.44 kg/cap | 2.6 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 8 Paraguay 2.7 kg/cap compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.14 kg/cap compare
- 8 Melanesia 0.14 kg/cap compare
- 9 Panama 2.62 kg/cap compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 2.61 kg/cap compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 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
More environment data for Canada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.642 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.96 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.3398 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Canada?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Canada was 2.57 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 Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 2.67 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 kg/cap in 1994.
- How does Canada rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Canada ranks 11th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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).