Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Central Asia
Central Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.23 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central Asia stood at 0.23 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central Asia peaked at 0.64 kg/cap in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.13 kg/cap, in 2001.
That places Central Asia 22nd out of 42 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4575 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.64 kg/cap | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.181 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.302 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.302 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
More environment data for Central Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 39,170 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 2.07 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.91 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Central Asia was 0.23 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.64 kg/cap in 1992.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.13 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does Central Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Central Asia ranks 22nd out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central Asia 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).