Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.06 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 0.06 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 0.27 kg/cap in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.04 kg/cap, in 2008.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.18 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.27 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 1992 | 0.19 kg/cap | -29.6% |
| 1993 | 0.16 kg/cap | -15.8% |
| 1994 | 0.17 kg/cap | +6.3% |
| 1995 | 0.14 kg/cap | -17.6% |
| 1996 | 0.08 kg/cap | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 1998 | 0.11 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 0.13 kg/cap | +18.2% |
| 2000 | 0.14 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.13 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 0.14 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 0.15 kg/cap | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.14 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.11 kg/cap | -21.4% |
| 2006 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.08 kg/cap | -27.3% |
| 2008 | 0.04 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.09 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2013 | 0.08 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.07 kg/cap | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 0.07 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.153 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.109 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.074 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.066 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 11 Canada 2.57 kg/cap compare
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 15 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 17 Sint Maarten 1.98 kg/cap compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.488 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.07 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 18,618 1000 USD (2024)
- Graphic papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate 13.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -8.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 13.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 0.06 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.27 kg/cap in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2008.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 14th out of 17 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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).