Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Paraguay
Paraguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.7 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Paraguay, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Paraguay stood at 2.7 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Paraguay peaked at 4.12 kg/cap in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.69 kg/cap, in 2000.
Paraguay ranks 6th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.75 kg/cap | 0.79 kg/cap | 3.24 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 kg/cap | 0.69 kg/cap | 3.52 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.28 kg/cap | 2.53 kg/cap | 4.12 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.58 kg/cap | 2.39 kg/cap | 2.7 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More environment data for Paraguay
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 30,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 30,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 12,250 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,284 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 58,630 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 82,029 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 102,056 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Paraguay?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Paraguay was 2.7 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4.12 kg/cap in 2013.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.69 kg/cap in 2000.
- How does Paraguay rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Paraguay ranks 6th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay 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).