Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.06 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in New Caledonia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 0.06 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 93.1% on the previous year and down 93.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Caledonia peaked at 1.84 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.06 kg/cap, in 2024.
That places New Caledonia 155th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.59 kg/cap | 1.15 kg/cap | 1.84 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.01 kg/cap | 0.93 kg/cap | 1.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.899 kg/cap | 0.89 kg/cap | 0.93 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.718 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.89 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 152 Comoros, Union of the 0.07 kg/cap compare
- 152 Cuba 0.07 kg/cap compare
- 152 Turkmenistan 0.07 kg/cap compare
- 155 Malawi 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 155 Tajikistan, Republic of 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 158 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 Jordan 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 North Macedonia, Republic of 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 Solomon Islands 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 Thailand 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 158 Vanuatu 0.05 kg/cap compare
More environment data for New Caledonia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.314 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.69 °C (2025)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 9.8 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.8 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 13.82 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 1,858 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 1,858 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 182.08 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.42 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Caledonia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Caledonia was 0.06 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 New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.84 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 kg/cap in 2024.
- How does New Caledonia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- New Caledonia ranks 155th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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).