Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.42 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Faroe Islands, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 0.42 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.51 kg/cap in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.38 kg/cap, in 2005.
Faroe Islands ranks 82nd of 186 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.478 kg/cap | 0.39 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.396 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.403 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.432 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 79 British Virgin Islands 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 79 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 79 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 82 Greece 0.42 kg/cap compare
- 82 Peru 0.42 kg/cap compare
- 85 Croatia 0.41 kg/cap compare
- 85 Ireland 0.41 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 0.07 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.05 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1,683 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 71.43 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 0.09 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Faroe Islands?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Faroe Islands was 0.42 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.51 kg/cap in 1997.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.38 kg/cap in 2005.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Faroe Islands ranks 82nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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).