Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mauritius
Mauritius: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.99 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mauritius, 1990–2024
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 Mauritius is 0.99 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 50.0% on the previous year and up 62.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritius peaked at 0.99 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5 kg/cap, in 1999.
That places Mauritius 39th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.605 kg/cap | 0.5 kg/cap | 0.82 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.627 kg/cap | 0.52 kg/cap | 0.69 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.62 kg/cap | 0.54 kg/cap | 0.68 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.746 kg/cap | 0.5 kg/cap | 0.99 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 36 Indonesia 1.04 kg/cap compare
- 37 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.02 kg/cap compare
- 38 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 40 Eswatini 0.98 kg/cap compare
- 41 Latvia 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Lesotho 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Seychelles 0.97 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Mauritius
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 9,500 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 9,500 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 102 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 16 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 173 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 86 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 26,550 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 26,331 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritius?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mauritius was 0.99 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 0.99 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5 kg/cap in 1999.
- How does Mauritius rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Mauritius ranks 39th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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).