Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Europe
Europe: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.63 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Europe stood at 0.63 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Europe peaked at 0.88 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.58 kg/cap, in 2009.
Europe ranks 15th of 42 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.689 kg/cap | 0.63 kg/cap | 0.88 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.616 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.679 kg/cap | 0.61 kg/cap | 0.72 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.646 kg/cap | 0.6 kg/cap | 0.69 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 12 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 13 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 14 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 15 Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 16 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
- 17 Turks and Caicos Islands 1.9 kg/cap compare
- 18 Samoa 1.87 kg/cap compare
- 18 Tokelau 0.44 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 3.17 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.16 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 49.53 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 19 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 25.71 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Europe?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Europe was 0.63 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.88 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 kg/cap in 2009.
- How does Europe rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Europe ranks 15th out of 42 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Europe 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).