Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Latvia
Latvia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.97 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Latvia, 1992–2024
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 Latvia is 0.97 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Latvia peaked at 1.05 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.12 kg/cap, in 1994.
Latvia ranks 34th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 0.1763 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.295 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.705 kg/cap | 0.49 kg/cap | 0.88 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.976 kg/cap | 0.89 kg/cap | 1.05 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 31 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 32 Mauritius 0.99 kg/cap compare
- 33 Eswatini 0.98 kg/cap compare
- 34 Lesotho 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 34 Seychelles 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Latvia
- Standard Deviation 0.883 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.56 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 75,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 93,499 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,260 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 644 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 21,231 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 18,179 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 67,722 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 70,171 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Latvia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Latvia was 0.97 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.05 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 kg/cap in 1994.
- How does Latvia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Latvia ranks 34th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia 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).