Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Malta
Malta: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.2 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Malta, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Malta stood at 0.2 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Malta peaked at 1.17 kg/cap in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.15 kg/cap, in 2019.
Malta ranks 127th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 0.729 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 1.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.298 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.196 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 124 Gambia 0.22 kg/cap compare
- 124 Myanmar 0.22 kg/cap compare
- 126 Djibouti 0.21 kg/cap compare
- 127 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.2 kg/cap compare
- 127 Zambia 0.2 kg/cap compare
- 130 Luxembourg 0.19 kg/cap compare
- 130 Nigeria 0.19 kg/cap compare
- 130 Sweden 0.19 kg/cap compare
- 130 Tonga 0.19 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Malta
- Standard Deviation 0.365 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.16 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 32,846 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 32,846 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 424 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 23 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 10,502 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 172 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 55,919 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 13,419 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Malta?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Malta was 0.2 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 kg/cap in 1994.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does Malta rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Malta ranks 127th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malta 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).