Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Romania
Romania: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.47 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Romania, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Romania stood at 0.47 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Romania peaked at 1.1 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.3 kg/cap, in 2007.
Romania ranks 76th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Romania, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.1 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.87 kg/cap | -20.9% |
| 1992 | 0.66 kg/cap | -24.1% |
| 1993 | 1.06 kg/cap | +60.6% |
| 1994 | 0.96 kg/cap | -9.4% |
| 1995 | 0.89 kg/cap | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 0.77 kg/cap | -13.5% |
| 1997 | 0.68 kg/cap | -11.7% |
| 1998 | 0.63 kg/cap | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 0.51 kg/cap | -19.0% |
| 2000 | 0.43 kg/cap | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 0.36 kg/cap | -16.3% |
| 2002 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.32 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 0.32 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.36 kg/cap | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 0.32 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3 kg/cap | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 0.35 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2009 | 0.32 kg/cap | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 0.35 kg/cap | +9.4% |
| 2011 | 0.56 kg/cap | +60.0% |
| 2012 | 0.57 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.53 kg/cap | -7.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5 kg/cap | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.58 kg/cap | +16.0% |
| 2016 | 0.55 kg/cap | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.59 kg/cap | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 0.57 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.46 kg/cap | -19.3% |
| 2020 | 0.45 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.43 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.42 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.48 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 0.47 kg/cap | -2.1% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.47 kg/cap is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.57 kg/cap, 82% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.47 kg/cap is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.43 kg/cap, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +60.6% | 0.66 kg/cap | 1.06 kg/cap |
| 2011 | +60.0% | 0.35 kg/cap | 0.56 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.813 kg/cap | 0.51 kg/cap | 1.1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.344 kg/cap | 0.3 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.526 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 0.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 0.48 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More environment data for Romania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.2 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.634 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.03 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.1112 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Romania?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Romania was 0.47 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 kg/cap in 2007.
- How does Romania rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Romania ranks 76th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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).