Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.09 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Costa Rica, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Costa Rica stood at 2.09 kg/cap.
That represents a change of up 13.0% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 3.63 kg/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.43 kg/cap, in 1993.
Costa Rica ranks 15th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.46 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.45 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 0.44 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 0.43 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.43 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.43 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.76 kg/cap | +76.7% |
| 1997 | 1.11 kg/cap | +46.1% |
| 1998 | 2.09 kg/cap | +88.3% |
| 1999 | 2.87 kg/cap | +37.3% |
| 2000 | 3.63 kg/cap | +26.5% |
| 2001 | 2.67 kg/cap | -26.4% |
| 2002 | 2.71 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 2.75 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 2.79 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 2.83 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 2.87 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 2.91 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 3 kg/cap | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 2.73 kg/cap | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 3.13 kg/cap | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 2.78 kg/cap | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 2.7 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 2.62 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 2.54 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 2.46 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 2.39 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 2.32 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 2.07 kg/cap | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 2.37 kg/cap | +14.5% |
| 2020 | 2.35 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1.81 kg/cap | -23.0% |
| 2022 | 1.8 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1.85 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 2.09 kg/cap | +13.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.947 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 2.87 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.89 kg/cap | 2.67 kg/cap | 3.63 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.54 kg/cap | 2.07 kg/cap | 3.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.98 kg/cap | 1.8 kg/cap | 2.35 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 17 Sint Maarten 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 18 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.71 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0055 t per person (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -7.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita 0.0075 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 11.23 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Costa Rica?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Costa Rica was 2.09 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 Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 3.63 kg/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.43 kg/cap in 1993.
- How does Costa Rica rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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).