Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in El Salvador
El Salvador: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.52 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in El Salvador, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in El Salvador stood at 0.52 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.2% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in El Salvador peaked at 0.98 kg/cap in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.23 kg/cap, in 2016.
El Salvador ranks 72nd 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.47 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.75 kg/cap | +59.6% |
| 1992 | 0.71 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.67 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.64 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 0.6 kg/cap | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 0.57 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 0.54 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.51 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 0.48 kg/cap | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 0.45 kg/cap | -6.2% |
| 2001 | 0.43 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4 kg/cap | -7.0% |
| 2003 | 0.37 kg/cap | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.35 kg/cap | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.32 kg/cap | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 0.38 kg/cap | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 0.32 kg/cap | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 0.65 kg/cap | +103.1% |
| 2009 | 0.55 kg/cap | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 0.59 kg/cap | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 0.53 kg/cap | -10.2% |
| 2012 | 0.42 kg/cap | -20.8% |
| 2013 | 0.98 kg/cap | +133.3% |
| 2014 | 0.91 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 0.28 kg/cap | -69.2% |
| 2016 | 0.23 kg/cap | -17.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5 kg/cap | +117.4% |
| 2018 | 0.48 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.41 kg/cap | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5 kg/cap | +22.0% |
| 2021 | 0.61 kg/cap | +22.0% |
| 2022 | 0.25 kg/cap | -59.0% |
| 2023 | 0.44 kg/cap | +76.0% |
| 2024 | 0.52 kg/cap | +18.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.594 kg/cap | 0.47 kg/cap | 0.75 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.422 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 0.65 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.533 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 0.98 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.464 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.61 kg/cap | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in El Salvador?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in El Salvador was 0.52 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.98 kg/cap in 2013.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 72nd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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).