Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Hungary
Hungary: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.77 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Hungary, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Hungary recorded 0.77 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 14.9% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Hungary peaked at 1.23 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.41 kg/cap, in 2000.
Hungary ranks 54th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.73 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 1.23 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.915 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 1.21 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.903 kg/cap | 0.79 kg/cap | 1.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.826 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 0.91 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More environment data for Hungary
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.07 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 216.66 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 177 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.7 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 15.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 794.01 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.85 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 144.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 81.48 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,128 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Hungary?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Hungary was 0.77 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 Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.41 kg/cap in 2000.
- How does Hungary rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Hungary ranks 54th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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).