Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of
China, Taiwan Province of: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.45 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of, 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, Taiwan Province of stood at 0.45 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of peaked at 0.52 kg/cap in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.34 kg/cap, in 2010.
China, Taiwan Province of ranks 78th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.48 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.48 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.47 kg/cap | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.47 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.47 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.46 kg/cap | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 0.46 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.43 kg/cap | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 0.41 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.52 kg/cap | +26.8% |
| 2000 | 0.4 kg/cap | -23.1% |
| 2001 | 0.38 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.47 kg/cap | +23.7% |
| 2003 | 0.45 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.43 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4 kg/cap | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 0.39 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.41 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 0.38 kg/cap | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 0.37 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.34 kg/cap | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 0.35 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.41 kg/cap | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.37 kg/cap | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4 kg/cap | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.45 kg/cap | +12.5% |
| 2018 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.465 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 0.52 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.408 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 0.47 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.402 kg/cap | 0.34 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 5 |
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More environment data for China, Taiwan Province of
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.342 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.31 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 776.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 9,017 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 21.94 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 3,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 3,596 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in China, Taiwan Province of was 0.45 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, Taiwan Province of?
- The highest recorded value was 0.52 kg/cap in 1999.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in China, Taiwan Province of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.34 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does China, Taiwan Province of rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- China, Taiwan Province of ranks 78th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in China, Taiwan Province of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Taiwan Province of 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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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).