Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Peru
Peru: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.42 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Peru, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Peru recorded 0.42 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.5% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Peru peaked at 0.42 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.05 kg/cap, in 1995.
Peru ranks 91st of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.062 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.122 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.354 kg/cap | 0.28 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 88 British Virgin Islands 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 88 Kazakhstan 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 88 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.43 kg/cap compare
- 91 Faroe Islands 0.42 kg/cap compare
- 91 Greece 0.42 kg/cap compare
- 94 Croatia 0.41 kg/cap compare
- 94 Ireland 0.41 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Peru
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 41.63 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2,580 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 521.56 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 14.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 74.5 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 18,102 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 9.38 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,280 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 16.12 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,917 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Peru?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Peru was 0.42 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 0.42 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Peru rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Peru ranks 91st out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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).