Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Iraq
Iraq: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.01 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Iraq, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 0.01 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iraq peaked at 0.04 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 2016.
That places Iraq 193rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.035 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.012 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 190 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 190 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 190 Madagascar 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 193 Cabo Verde 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 193 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 193 Eritrea 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 193 Guinea 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 193 Iceland 0.01 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 65.12 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,525 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 92 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 9.18 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 42.4 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 3,985 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.42 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 509.03 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 52.18 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,904 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iraq?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Iraq was 0.01 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Iraq rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Iraq ranks 193rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iraq 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).