Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Guatemala
Guatemala: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.79 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Guatemala, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guatemala stood at 0.79 kg/cap.
The figure is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guatemala peaked at 1.68 kg/cap in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.63 kg/cap, in 2015.
Guatemala ranks 52nd of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.17 kg/cap | 1 kg/cap | 1.33 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.07 kg/cap | 0.86 kg/cap | 1.68 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.871 kg/cap | 0.63 kg/cap | 1.29 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.774 kg/cap | 0.72 kg/cap | 0.82 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
More environment data for Guatemala
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 11.05 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 338 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 172.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 17.5 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 38 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,875 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 23.98 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,183 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 38.02 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,876 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guatemala?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guatemala was 0.79 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 Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 kg/cap in 2007.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.63 kg/cap in 2015.
- How does Guatemala rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Guatemala ranks 52nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala 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).