Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Polynesia
Polynesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.09 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Polynesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Polynesia recorded 1.09 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 19.8% on the previous year and up 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Polynesia peaked at 1.57 kg/cap in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.58 kg/cap, in 1990.
Polynesia ranks 33rd of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.634 kg/cap | 0.58 kg/cap | 0.67 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.699 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 0.72 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.819 kg/cap | 0.68 kg/cap | 1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.31 kg/cap | 0.91 kg/cap | 1.57 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
More environment data for Polynesia
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.894 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 972.05 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 130.97 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 3.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 16.48 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Polynesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Polynesia was 1.09 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 Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 kg/cap in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Polynesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Polynesia ranks 33rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia 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).