Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.2 kg/cap in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eastern Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 0.2 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.1% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eastern Asia peaked at 0.27 kg/cap in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.18 kg/cap, in 2023.
Eastern Asia ranks 19th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.217 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.249 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.255 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.192 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More environment data for Eastern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.309 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.98 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 98.06 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 137.56 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 8.54 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 181.93 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 25.26 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eastern Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eastern Asia was 0.2 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.27 kg/cap in 2009.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Eastern Asia ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eastern 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).