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 174th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in India, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.09 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.08 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.07 kg/cap | -12.5% |
| 1994 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2000 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.03 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 0.01 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 0.02 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2010 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.03 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 19% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- India's 0.03 kg/cap is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.135 kg/cap, 22% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
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
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 12.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 17.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.92 % 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 1.12 % change on previous year (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 174th out of 192 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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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).