Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Guyana
Guyana: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.84 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Guyana, 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 Guyana is 0.84 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 52.7% on the previous year and up 95.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guyana peaked at 0.84 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.23 kg/cap, in 2002.
Guyana ranks 49th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.251 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.271 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.416 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.588 kg/cap | 0.49 kg/cap | 0.84 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More environment data for Guyana
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 143 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 383 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.81 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 82.5 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 594 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.33 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 31.17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 13.17 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 94.83 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guyana?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Guyana was 0.84 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 0.84 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 kg/cap in 2002.
- How does Guyana rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Guyana ranks 49th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 95.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guyana 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).