Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, Macao SAR
China, Macao SAR: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.44 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, Macao SAR, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
China, Macao SAR recorded 0.44 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 17.0% on the previous year and up 83.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Macao SAR peaked at 0.58 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 2001.
China, Macao SAR ranks 76th 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 | 0.217 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.28 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.172 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.3 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.263 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.4 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.514 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, Macao SAR
- 73 Belgium 0.47 kg/cap compare
- 73 Romania 0.47 kg/cap compare
- 75 China, Taiwan Province of 0.45 kg/cap compare
- 76 Bahamas, The 0.44 kg/cap compare
- 76 Serbia, Republic of 0.44 kg/cap compare
- 79 British Virgin Islands 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 79 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 79 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.43 kg/cap compare
More environment data for China, Macao SAR
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.01 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import value 37 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 1,022 t (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity 384 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import value 98 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 418 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Macao SAR?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Macao SAR was 0.44 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 China, Macao SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 0.58 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in China, Macao SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does China, Macao SAR rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- China, Macao SAR ranks 76th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in China, Macao SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 83.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, Macao SAR 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).