Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in India
India: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.03 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in India, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in India stood at 0.03 kg/cap.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in India peaked at 0.09 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 2008.
India ranks 186th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.065 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 44.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 75,500 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 31,407 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 3.43 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 5.73 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 10,210 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 7.97 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 14,200 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 86.3 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 153,810 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in India?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in India was 0.03 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.09 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 2008.
- How does India rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- India ranks 186th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this India 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).