Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.11 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.11 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is down 21.4% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.21 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.04 kg/cap, in 2000.
Papua New Guinea ranks 145th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.21 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.19 kg/cap | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 0.18 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.17 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.16 kg/cap | -5.9% |
| 1995 | 0.15 kg/cap | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 0.13 kg/cap | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1 kg/cap | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 0.07 kg/cap | -30.0% |
| 1999 | 0.05 kg/cap | -28.6% |
| 2000 | 0.04 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2001 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.05 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.08 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.09 kg/cap | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.11 kg/cap | +22.2% |
| 2014 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1 kg/cap | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 0.11 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.14 kg/cap | +27.3% |
| 2022 | 0.14 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.14 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.11 kg/cap | -21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.141 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.052 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.099 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.128 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate -4.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -18.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, per capita 0.0006 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 25.1 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.21 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 145th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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).