Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.87 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in French Polynesia, 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 French Polynesia is 0.87 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 37.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in French Polynesia peaked at 2.41 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.87 kg/cap, in 2024.
French Polynesia ranks 42nd of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.03 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 1.05 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 1.13 kg/cap | +7.6% |
| 1993 | 1.19 kg/cap | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1.23 kg/cap | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 1.23 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1.27 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 1.31 kg/cap | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1.34 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 1.32 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 1.35 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1.36 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1.43 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2003 | 1.37 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 1.32 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2005 | 1.25 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.26 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 1.24 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 1.22 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 1.15 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 1.13 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 1.14 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 1.18 kg/cap | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1.27 kg/cap | +7.6% |
| 2014 | 1.39 kg/cap | +9.4% |
| 2015 | 1.44 kg/cap | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 1.41 kg/cap | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 1.33 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 1.31 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 1.69 kg/cap | +29.0% |
| 2020 | 2.41 kg/cap | +42.6% |
| 2021 | 2.39 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1.85 kg/cap | -22.6% |
| 2023 | 0.99 kg/cap | -46.5% |
| 2024 | 0.87 kg/cap | -12.1% |
French Polynesia compared with similar countries
- French Polynesia's 0.87 kg/cap is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.57 kg/cap, 1.5× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- French Polynesia's 0.87 kg/cap is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.29 kg/cap, 3.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in French Polynesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -46.5% | 1.85 kg/cap | 0.99 kg/cap |
| 2020 | +42.6% | 1.69 kg/cap | 2.41 kg/cap |
| 2019 | +29.0% | 1.31 kg/cap | 1.69 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.21 kg/cap | 1.03 kg/cap | 1.34 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.29 kg/cap | 1.15 kg/cap | 1.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 kg/cap | 1.13 kg/cap | 1.69 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7 kg/cap | 0.87 kg/cap | 2.41 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Polynesia
- 40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
- 41 Honduras 0.9 kg/cap compare
- 43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.86 kg/cap compare
- 44 Guyana 0.84 kg/cap compare
- 45 Georgia 0.82 kg/cap compare
More environment data for French Polynesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.42 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.863 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.57 % 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 1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in French Polynesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in French Polynesia was 0.87 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 French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.41 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.87 kg/cap in 2024.
- How does French Polynesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- French Polynesia ranks 42nd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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).