Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Pakistan
Pakistan: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.11 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Pakistan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 0.11 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Pakistan peaked at 0.17 kg/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 2020.
That places Pakistan 140th 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 | 0.128 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.154 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.124 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 138 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.12 kg/cap compare
- 138 Kenya 0.12 kg/cap compare
- 140 Albania 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 140 Togo 0.11 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value -4.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 163,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 615,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 8,659 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,926 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Pakistan?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Pakistan was 0.11 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 kg/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 2020.
- How does Pakistan rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Pakistan ranks 140th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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).