Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ecuador
Ecuador: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.23 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ecuador, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ecuador is 1.23 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 37.2% on the previous year and down 41.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ecuador peaked at 2.74 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.1 kg/cap, in 2002.
Ecuador ranks 30th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.24 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.22 kg/cap | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 0.18 kg/cap | -18.2% |
| 1993 | 0.17 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.23 kg/cap | +35.3% |
| 1995 | 0.23 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2 kg/cap | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 0.63 kg/cap | +215.0% |
| 1998 | 1.75 kg/cap | +177.8% |
| 1999 | 1.14 kg/cap | -34.9% |
| 2000 | 1.41 kg/cap | +23.7% |
| 2001 | 0.57 kg/cap | -59.6% |
| 2002 | 0.1 kg/cap | -82.5% |
| 2003 | 2.29 kg/cap | +2190.0% |
| 2004 | 2.19 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2005 | 1.33 kg/cap | -39.3% |
| 2006 | 0.56 kg/cap | -57.9% |
| 2007 | 0.99 kg/cap | +76.8% |
| 2008 | 1.06 kg/cap | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 0.65 kg/cap | -38.7% |
| 2010 | 2.1 kg/cap | +223.1% |
| 2011 | 1.14 kg/cap | -45.7% |
| 2012 | 0.74 kg/cap | -35.1% |
| 2013 | 0.41 kg/cap | -44.6% |
| 2014 | 2.09 kg/cap | +409.8% |
| 2015 | 2.74 kg/cap | +31.1% |
| 2016 | 2.38 kg/cap | -13.1% |
| 2017 | 2.26 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 2.19 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.97 kg/cap | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 1.6 kg/cap | -18.8% |
| 2021 | 1.89 kg/cap | +18.1% |
| 2022 | 1.77 kg/cap | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 1.96 kg/cap | +10.7% |
| 2024 | 1.23 kg/cap | -37.2% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 1.23 kg/cap is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.51 kg/cap, 2.4× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 1.23 kg/cap is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.07 kg/cap, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ecuador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +2190.0% | 0.1 kg/cap | 2.29 kg/cap |
| 2014 | +409.8% | 0.41 kg/cap | 2.09 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.499 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 1.75 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.11 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap | 2.29 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 2.74 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.69 kg/cap | 1.23 kg/cap | 1.96 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.5742 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ecuador?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ecuador was 1.23 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 2.74 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 kg/cap in 2002.
- How does Ecuador rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 30th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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).