Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in New Zealand
New Zealand: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.01 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in New Zealand, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 1.01 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Zealand peaked at 1.42 kg/cap in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.66 kg/cap, in 1999.
New Zealand ranks 34th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.1 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 1.07 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 1.06 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 1.05 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 0.97 kg/cap | -7.6% |
| 1995 | 1.06 kg/cap | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 0.94 kg/cap | -11.3% |
| 1997 | 0.94 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.8 kg/cap | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 0.66 kg/cap | -17.5% |
| 2000 | 0.94 kg/cap | +42.4% |
| 2001 | 0.86 kg/cap | -8.5% |
| 2002 | 1.11 kg/cap | +29.1% |
| 2003 | 1.02 kg/cap | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 1.04 kg/cap | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 1.03 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 1.1 kg/cap | +6.8% |
| 2007 | 1.22 kg/cap | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 1.42 kg/cap | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 1.23 kg/cap | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 1.22 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 1.21 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 1.2 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1.19 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 1.17 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.15 kg/cap | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 1.12 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 1.1 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1.08 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 1.06 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 1.04 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 1.03 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.02 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 1.01 kg/cap | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.965 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 1.1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1 kg/cap | 0.86 kg/cap | 1.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.15 kg/cap | 1.06 kg/cap | 1.22 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 kg/cap | 1.01 kg/cap | 1.04 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
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- Standard Deviation 0.379 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Zealand?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in New Zealand was 1.01 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 Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.42 kg/cap in 2008.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.66 kg/cap in 1999.
- How does New Zealand rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 34th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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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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).