Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Indonesia
Indonesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.04 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Indonesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Indonesia recorded 1.04 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Indonesia peaked at 1.32 kg/cap in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.62 kg/cap, in 1990.
Indonesia ranks 33rd 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 Indonesia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.62 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.62 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.65 kg/cap | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 0.66 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 0.65 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 0.69 kg/cap | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 0.7 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.65 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.65 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.65 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.66 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 0.67 kg/cap | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 0.7 kg/cap | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.73 kg/cap | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 0.76 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 0.77 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.79 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.94 kg/cap | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 1.08 kg/cap | +14.9% |
| 2009 | 1.07 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 1.27 kg/cap | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 0.83 kg/cap | -34.6% |
| 2012 | 1.01 kg/cap | +21.7% |
| 2013 | 1.23 kg/cap | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 0.98 kg/cap | -20.3% |
| 2015 | 1.2 kg/cap | +22.4% |
| 2016 | 1.32 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2017 | 1.04 kg/cap | -21.2% |
| 2018 | 0.97 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 1.01 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 0.78 kg/cap | -22.8% |
| 2021 | 1.02 kg/cap | +30.8% |
| 2022 | 1.06 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 1.05 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 1.04 kg/cap | -1.0% |
Indonesia compared with similar countries
- Indonesia's 1.04 kg/cap is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.51 kg/cap, 2.0× the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Indonesia's 1.04 kg/cap is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.29 kg/cap, 3.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Indonesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -34.6% | 1.27 kg/cap | 0.83 kg/cap |
| 2021 | +30.8% | 0.78 kg/cap | 1.02 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.654 kg/cap | 0.62 kg/cap | 0.7 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.817 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 1.08 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.09 kg/cap | 0.83 kg/cap | 1.32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.99 kg/cap | 0.78 kg/cap | 1.06 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Indonesia
More environment data for Indonesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.153 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.95 % 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 1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Indonesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Indonesia was 1.04 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.32 kg/cap in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.62 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Indonesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Indonesia ranks 33rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Indonesia 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).