Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Spain
Spain: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.25 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Spain, 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 Spain is 1.25 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.6% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Spain peaked at 1.69 kg/cap in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7 kg/cap, in 1995.
That places Spain 31st out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 0.839 kg/cap | 0.7 kg/cap | 1.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.908 kg/cap | 0.75 kg/cap | 1.1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.49 kg/cap | 0.83 kg/cap | 1.69 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 kg/cap | 1.1 kg/cap | 1.6 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More environment data for Spain
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 22.81 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 3,759 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 629.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 19.78 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 40.13 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 9,886 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 20.69 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 5,096 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 46.21 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 11,384 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Spain?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Spain was 1.25 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1.69 kg/cap in 2014.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Spain rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Spain ranks 31st out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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).