Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Nepal
Nepal: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.04 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Nepal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Nepal recorded 0.04 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Nepal peaked at 0.04 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Nepal 170th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1992 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1993 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1994 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1995 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1996 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1997 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1998 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1999 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2000 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2001 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2002 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2003 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0 kg/cap | -100.0% |
| 2006 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2007 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2008 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.02 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2014 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.02 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.02 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2023 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 0.04 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 25% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 0.04 kg/cap is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.135 kg/cap, 30% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.006 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.019 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.034 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 170 Guinea-Bissau 0.04 kg/cap compare
- 170 Sierra Leone 0.04 kg/cap compare
- 170 Somalia 0.04 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Nepal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.265 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.43 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 41.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.54 % 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 -6.53 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Nepal?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Nepal was 0.04 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Nepal rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Nepal ranks 170th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nepal 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).