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 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
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
- 9 Panama 2.62 kg/cap compare
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 2.61 kg/cap compare
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 13 Republic of Moldova 2.3 kg/cap compare
- 14 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Canada
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.19 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,218 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 108,496 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 32.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 18,560 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.3 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 172 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 67.02 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 38,064 1000 ha (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 208 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).