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 81st of 208 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.
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
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 36.16 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,177 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 832 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 16.98 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 30.8 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 3,908 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.2 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 406 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 66.04 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8,381 1000 ha (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 81st out of 208 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).