Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Honduras
Honduras: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.9 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Honduras, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Honduras stood at 0.9 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Honduras peaked at 1.36 kg/cap in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.17 kg/cap, in 2001.
Honduras ranks 41st 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.92 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.66 kg/cap | -28.3% |
| 1992 | 1.13 kg/cap | +71.2% |
| 1993 | 1.25 kg/cap | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 0.98 kg/cap | -21.6% |
| 1995 | 1.36 kg/cap | +38.8% |
| 1996 | 1.09 kg/cap | -19.9% |
| 1997 | 1.15 kg/cap | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 0.56 kg/cap | -51.3% |
| 1999 | 0.37 kg/cap | -33.9% |
| 2000 | 0.67 kg/cap | +81.1% |
| 2001 | 0.17 kg/cap | -74.6% |
| 2002 | 0.26 kg/cap | +52.9% |
| 2003 | 0.34 kg/cap | +30.8% |
| 2004 | 0.42 kg/cap | +23.5% |
| 2005 | 0.49 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 0.56 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 0.67 kg/cap | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 0.64 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.53 kg/cap | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 0.69 kg/cap | +30.2% |
| 2011 | 0.72 kg/cap | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.83 kg/cap | +15.3% |
| 2013 | 0.82 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.84 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.88 kg/cap | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8 kg/cap | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 0.85 kg/cap | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9 kg/cap | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.83 kg/cap | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 1.16 kg/cap | +39.8% |
| 2021 | 1.02 kg/cap | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 0.97 kg/cap | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 0.91 kg/cap | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 0.9 kg/cap | -1.1% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 0.9 kg/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 5.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 0.9 kg/cap is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.07 kg/cap, 84% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.947 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 1.36 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.475 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.816 kg/cap | 0.69 kg/cap | 0.9 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.992 kg/cap | 0.9 kg/cap | 1.16 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
- 42 French Polynesia 0.87 kg/cap compare
- 43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.86 kg/cap compare
- 44 Guyana 0.84 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Honduras
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6894 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.9224 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.224 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.54 % 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 -0.0307 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Honduras?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Honduras was 0.9 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1.36 kg/cap in 1995.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does Honduras rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Honduras ranks 41st out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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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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).