Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Israel

Israel: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.68 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.68 kg/cap
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
50th
of 186 countries
All-time high
1.04 kg/cap
in 2008
All-time low
0.43 kg/cap
in 1998
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Israel, 1990–2024

00.250.50.7511990200720241990: 0.55 kg/cap1991: 0.52 kg/cap1992: 0.5 kg/cap1993: 0.49 kg/cap1994: 0.48 kg/cap1995: 0.47 kg/cap1996: 0.45 kg/cap1997: 0.44 kg/cap1998: 0.43 kg/cap1999: 0.5 kg/cap2000: 0.57 kg/cap2001: 0.63 kg/cap2002: 0.69 kg/cap2003: 0.76 kg/cap2004: 0.82 kg/cap2005: 0.87 kg/cap2006: 0.93 kg/cap2007: 0.98 kg/cap2008: 1 kg/cap2009: 0.92 kg/cap2010: 0.92 kg/cap2011: 0.82 kg/cap2012: 0.79 kg/cap2013: 0.77 kg/cap2014: 0.8 kg/cap2015: 0.79 kg/cap2016: 0.74 kg/cap2017: 0.82 kg/cap2018: 0.86 kg/cap2019: 0.81 kg/cap2020: 0.83 kg/cap2021: 0.76 kg/cap2022: 0.7 kg/cap2023: 0.69 kg/cap2024: 0.68 kg/cap

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.

Analysis

In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Israel stood at 0.68 kg/cap.

That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Israel peaked at 1.04 kg/cap in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.43 kg/cap, in 1998.

Israel ranks 50th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.483 kg/cap 0.43 kg/cap 0.55 kg/cap 10
2000s 0.821 kg/cap 0.57 kg/cap 1.04 kg/cap 10
2010s 0.812 kg/cap 0.74 kg/cap 0.92 kg/cap 10
2020s 0.732 kg/cap 0.68 kg/cap 0.83 kg/cap 5

Countries ranked near Israel

  1. 47 Chile 0.72 kg/cap compare
  2. 48 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.71 kg/cap compare
  3. 49 Cyprus 0.7 kg/cap compare
  4. 50 Italy 0.68 kg/cap compare
  5. 52 Russian Federation 0.67 kg/cap compare
  6. 53 Fiji 0.66 kg/cap compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Israel?
Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Israel was 0.68 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 Israel?
The highest recorded value was 1.04 kg/cap in 2008.
What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Israel?
The lowest recorded value was 0.43 kg/cap in 1998.
How does Israel rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Israel ranks 50th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Israel?
Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Israel 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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Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 8,019 data points, 1990–2024
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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).