Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Japan
Japan: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.35 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Japan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Japan recorded 0.35 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Japan peaked at 0.65 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.35 kg/cap, in 2024.
Japan ranks 91st 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 | 0.637 kg/cap | 0.63 kg/cap | 0.65 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.527 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 0.63 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.415 kg/cap | 0.4 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 0.4 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 88 Czechia 0.37 kg/cap compare
- 89 Morocco 0.36 kg/cap compare
- 89 Qatar 0.36 kg/cap compare
- 92 Armenia 0.34 kg/cap compare
- 92 Slovenia 0.34 kg/cap compare
- 94 Cameroon 0.33 kg/cap compare
- 94 Namibia 0.33 kg/cap compare
- 94 Philippines 0.33 kg/cap compare
- 94 Slovak Republic 0.33 kg/cap compare
- 94 Tunisia 0.33 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Japan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.358 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.86 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 16.66 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 23.82 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,416 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 9,315 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.13 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.25 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 645,005 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Japan?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Japan was 0.35 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.65 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.35 kg/cap in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Japan ranks 91st out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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).