Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.05 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Southern Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 0.05 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Southern Asia peaked at 0.09 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.03 kg/cap, in 2008.
Southern Asia ranks 23rd of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.09 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.09 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.08 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 1993 | 0.08 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.07 kg/cap | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2005 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.04 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.03 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.04 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 0.05 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.071 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More environment data for Southern Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.69 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4009 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.274 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.44 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 15.39 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.45 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 2,332 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.52 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 4.25 g/Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Southern Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Southern Asia was 0.05 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.09 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 kg/cap in 2008.
- How does Southern Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Southern Asia ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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).