Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.09 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saudi Arabia is 0.09 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 59.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saudi Arabia peaked at 0.35 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.07 kg/cap, in 1995.
Saudi Arabia ranks 144th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.244 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.174 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 144 Bangladesh 0.09 kg/cap compare
- 144 Mozambique 0.09 kg/cap compare
- 147 Guam 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 147 Kyrgyzstan 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 147 Oman 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 147 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 147 Sudan 0.08 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 12.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.23 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.96 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 24.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saudi Arabia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saudi Arabia was 0.09 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.35 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 144th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).