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 120th of 208 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 | 0.401 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
- Standard Deviation 0.386 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 40,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 40,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 5,152 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 302 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 190 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 274 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 59,951 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 44,832 t (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 120th out of 208 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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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).