Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Central America
Central America: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.73 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Central America, 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 Central America is 0.73 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 35.2% on the previous year and up 35.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central America peaked at 0.73 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.33 kg/cap, in 2002.
That places Central America 13th out of 42 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 0.462 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.47 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.513 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 0.71 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.574 kg/cap | 0.48 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.606 kg/cap | 0.54 kg/cap | 0.73 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 10 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 13 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 14 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 15 Sint Maarten 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 16 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Central America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 4.26 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.58 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 61,301 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$ 95,489 million USD (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 54.58 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central America?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central America was 0.73 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 0.73 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.33 kg/cap in 2002.
- How does Central America rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Central America ranks 13th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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).