Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Finland
Finland: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.61 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Finland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Finland stood at 0.61 kg/cap.
The figure is up 5.2% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Finland peaked at 1 kg/cap in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.46 kg/cap, in 1995.
Finland ranks 57th 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 | 0.714 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 0.85 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.855 kg/cap | 0.7 kg/cap | 1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.707 kg/cap | 0.56 kg/cap | 0.89 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.684 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 0.89 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More environment data for Finland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.986 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 460,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 9.74 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 8,174 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,522 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 4.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 4.11 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 209,365 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Finland?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Finland was 0.61 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 1 kg/cap in 2006.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.46 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Finland ranks 57th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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).