Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mexico
Mexico: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.5 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Mexico, 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 Mexico is 0.5 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 72.4% on the previous year and up 38.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mexico peaked at 0.5 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 2002.
That places Mexico 79th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.296 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.305 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.47 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.405 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.348 kg/cap | 0.29 kg/cap | 0.5 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
More environment data for Mexico
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 29.94 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7,304 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,324 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 38.09 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 75.22 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 74,036 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4.46 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 4,393 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.32 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 20,001 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mexico?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Mexico was 0.5 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 2002.
- How does Mexico rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Mexico ranks 79th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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).