Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Morocco
Morocco: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.36 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Morocco, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 0.36 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Morocco peaked at 0.5 kg/cap in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.36 kg/cap, in 2023.
That places Morocco 93rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.38 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.39 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 0.4 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 0.41 kg/cap | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 0.42 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 0.43 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 0.44 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.45 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.46 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 0.46 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.47 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 0.48 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 0.49 kg/cap | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5 kg/cap | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.46 kg/cap | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 0.45 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.44 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.43 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.43 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.42 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.42 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.41 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.41 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.39 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.39 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.38 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.38 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.37 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 0.37 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.37 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.36 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 0.36 kg/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 2.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 0.36 kg/cap is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2 kg/cap, 1.8× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.424 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.465 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 0.5 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.366 kg/cap | 0.36 kg/cap | 0.37 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More environment data for Morocco
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -19.84 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.521 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.14 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.3488 % 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 -1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Morocco?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Morocco was 0.36 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 kg/cap in 2003.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.36 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Morocco rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Morocco ranks 93rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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).