Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Oceania
Oceania: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.61 kg/cap in 2017. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Oceania, 1990–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Oceania is 1.61 kg/cap, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and up 43.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Oceania peaked at 1.73 kg/cap in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.88 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Oceania 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1 kg/cap | 0.88 kg/cap | 1.38 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2 kg/cap | 1.01 kg/cap | 1.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.48 kg/cap | 1.33 kg/cap | 1.73 kg/cap | 8 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
More environment data for Oceania
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.316 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.00 million t (2024)
- Land area — Area 849,270 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 34,003 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 199.29 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 44.22 % (2024)
- Agricultural land — Area 375,588 1000 ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 381,004 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Oceania?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Oceania was 1.61 kg/cap in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.73 kg/cap in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.88 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Oceania rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Oceania ranks 3rd out of 26 groups with data for 2017.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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).