Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, mainland
China, mainland: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.17 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, mainland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, mainland stood at 0.17 kg/cap.
The figure is up 13.3% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, mainland peaked at 0.25 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.12 kg/cap, in 1991.
China, mainland ranks 132nd of 192 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 | 0.157 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.21 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.232 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.162 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 132 China (People’s Republic of) 0.17 kg/cap compare
- 134 Mayotte 0.16 kg/cap compare
- 134 Montenegro 0.16 kg/cap compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 391,823 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 41.74 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,591 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, mainland?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, mainland was 0.17 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, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.25 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 kg/cap in 1991.
- How does China, mainland rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- China, mainland ranks 132nd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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).