Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Seychelles
Seychelles: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.97 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Seychelles, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Seychelles stood at 0.97 kg/cap.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Seychelles peaked at 4.53 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.64 kg/cap, in 1990.
Seychelles ranks 41st of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 kg/cap | 0.64 kg/cap | 1.55 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7 kg/cap | 0.66 kg/cap | 4.18 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9 kg/cap | 0.79 kg/cap | 4.53 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.966 kg/cap | 0.94 kg/cap | 0.99 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 38 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 39 Mauritius 0.99 kg/cap compare
- 40 Eswatini 0.98 kg/cap compare
- 41 Latvia 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Lesotho 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
- 44 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Seychelles
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 16.84 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.26 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 90.28 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1.39 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 9.72 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 0.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.01 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 3.38 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 1.54 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Seychelles?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Seychelles was 0.97 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 4.53 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.64 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Seychelles rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Seychelles ranks 41st out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Seychelles 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).