Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Libya
Libya: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.23 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Libya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Libya recorded 0.23 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Libya peaked at 0.59 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 2017.
Libya ranks 114th of 192 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.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Libya, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.59 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.55 kg/cap | -6.8% |
| 1992 | 0.48 kg/cap | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 0.46 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 0.44 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 0.42 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 0.41 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 1997 | 0.31 kg/cap | -24.4% |
| 1998 | 0.22 kg/cap | -29.0% |
| 1999 | 0.13 kg/cap | -40.9% |
| 2000 | 0.13 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.16 kg/cap | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 0.21 kg/cap | +31.2% |
| 2003 | 0.42 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.54 kg/cap | +28.6% |
| 2005 | 0.58 kg/cap | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 0.42 kg/cap | -27.6% |
| 2007 | 0.32 kg/cap | -23.8% |
| 2008 | 0.33 kg/cap | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.35 kg/cap | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 0.35 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.28 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 0.24 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 0.16 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 0.13 kg/cap | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 0.11 kg/cap | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 0.15 kg/cap | +36.4% |
| 2019 | 0.2 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.24 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 0.24 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.24 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.23 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 0.23 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Libya compared with similar countries
- Libya's 0.23 kg/cap is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.51 kg/cap, 45% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Libya's 0.23 kg/cap is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2 kg/cap, 1.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Libya changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +100.0% | 0.21 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.401 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.346 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.212 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.236 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Libya
More environment data for Libya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -35.17 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2239 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1672 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Libya?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Libya was 0.23 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 Libya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.59 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Libya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 2017.
- How does Libya rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Libya ranks 114th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Libya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Libya 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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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).