Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Portugal
Portugal: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.8 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Portugal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.8 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 35.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Portugal peaked at 1.68 kg/cap in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.61 kg/cap, in 1992.
Portugal ranks 43rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.1 kg/cap | 0.61 kg/cap | 1.51 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.55 kg/cap | 1.32 kg/cap | 1.68 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 kg/cap | 0.78 kg/cap | 1.33 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.862 kg/cap | 0.78 kg/cap | 0.94 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More environment data for Portugal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.6043 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.5127 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.44 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 11.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0008 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.25 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.0172 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Portugal?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Portugal was 0.8 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.68 kg/cap in 2002.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.61 kg/cap in 1992.
- How does Portugal rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Portugal ranks 43rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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).