Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Poland
Poland: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.62 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Poland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Poland stood at 0.62 kg/cap.
That represents a change of up 19.2% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Poland peaked at 0.71 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.14 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Poland 62nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.209 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.354 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.54 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.602 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.614 kg/cap | 0.52 kg/cap | 0.71 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
More environment data for Poland
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 2.78 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 320 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 787 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.53 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 18.46 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,611 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 2.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 344 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 79.1 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11,187 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Poland?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Poland was 0.62 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 Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.71 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Poland rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Poland ranks 62nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Poland 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).