Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Italy
Italy: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.68 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Italy, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Italy recorded 0.68 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 30.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Italy peaked at 1.76 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.67 kg/cap, in 2023.
Italy ranks 50th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5 kg/cap | 1.31 kg/cap | 1.76 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 kg/cap | 1.24 kg/cap | 1.64 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.993 kg/cap | 0.81 kg/cap | 1.19 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.776 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 0.94 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 47 Chile 0.72 kg/cap compare
- 48 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.71 kg/cap compare
- 49 Cyprus 0.7 kg/cap compare
- 50 Israel 0.68 kg/cap compare
- 52 Russian Federation 0.67 kg/cap compare
- 53 Fiji, Republic of 0.66 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Italy
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.324 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.18 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 6.83 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 7.18 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 109,022 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 38,588 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 2.20 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 2.08 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 3.21 million 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Italy?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Italy 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 Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1.76 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.67 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Italy ranks 50th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy 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).