Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Grenada
Grenada: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.26 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Grenada, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Grenada recorded 1.26 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Grenada peaked at 1.97 kg/cap in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.63 kg/cap, in 2012.
That places Grenada 27th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Grenada, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.44 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 1.38 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 1.26 kg/cap | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 1.17 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 1994 | 1.28 kg/cap | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 1.33 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 1.26 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 1.04 kg/cap | -17.5% |
| 1998 | 0.87 kg/cap | -16.3% |
| 1999 | 0.9 kg/cap | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 0.91 kg/cap | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.87 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 0.81 kg/cap | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 0.75 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 0.91 kg/cap | +21.3% |
| 2005 | 1.04 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 1.1 kg/cap | +5.8% |
| 2007 | 1.95 kg/cap | +77.3% |
| 2008 | 1.97 kg/cap | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.91 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 0.92 kg/cap | -51.8% |
| 2011 | 0.72 kg/cap | -21.7% |
| 2012 | 0.63 kg/cap | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.73 kg/cap | +15.9% |
| 2014 | 0.84 kg/cap | +15.1% |
| 2015 | 1.02 kg/cap | +21.4% |
| 2016 | 1 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 1.03 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 1 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.94 kg/cap | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.99 kg/cap | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 1.04 kg/cap | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 1.2 kg/cap | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 1.26 kg/cap | +5.0% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 1.26 kg/cap is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.51 kg/cap, 2.5× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 1.26 kg/cap is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.07 kg/cap, 1.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +77.3% | 1.1 kg/cap | 1.95 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.19 kg/cap | 0.87 kg/cap | 1.44 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.22 kg/cap | 0.75 kg/cap | 1.97 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.889 kg/cap | 0.63 kg/cap | 1.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.09 kg/cap | 0.94 kg/cap | 1.26 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
More environment data for Grenada
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.38 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.271 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.45 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.17 % 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 4.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Grenada?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Grenada was 1.26 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 Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 1.97 kg/cap in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.63 kg/cap in 2012.
- How does Grenada rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Grenada ranks 27th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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).