Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Norway
Norway: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.13 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Norway, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Norway stood at 0.13 kg/cap.
That represents a change of up 18.2% on the previous year and down 23.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Norway peaked at 0.28 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.08 kg/cap, in 2000.
Norway ranks 146th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.194 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 0.28 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.139 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.128 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More environment data for Norway
- Standard Deviation 0.738 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.52 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 533,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.42 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 7,057 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,113 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 164,405 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 115,189 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 204,484 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 180,019 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Norway?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Norway was 0.13 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 0.28 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 kg/cap in 2000.
- How does Norway rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Norway ranks 146th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Norway 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).