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 29th out of 192 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.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.01 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 1 kg/cap | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 0.81 kg/cap | -19.0% |
| 1993 | 0.74 kg/cap | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 0.78 kg/cap | +5.4% |
| 1995 | 0.7 kg/cap | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 0.83 kg/cap | +18.6% |
| 1997 | 0.84 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.86 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.82 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.84 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.87 kg/cap | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 0.98 kg/cap | +12.6% |
| 2003 | 0.98 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.1 kg/cap | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 0.93 kg/cap | -15.5% |
| 2006 | 0.89 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 0.86 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.88 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.75 kg/cap | -14.8% |
| 2010 | 0.83 kg/cap | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 1.56 kg/cap | +88.0% |
| 2012 | 1.35 kg/cap | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 1.52 kg/cap | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 1.69 kg/cap | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 1.65 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 1.65 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.54 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 1.55 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.59 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 1.59 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.6 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.18 kg/cap | -26.3% |
| 2023 | 1.1 kg/cap | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 1.25 kg/cap | +13.6% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 1.25 kg/cap is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.57 kg/cap, 2.2× the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Spain's 1.25 kg/cap is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.43 kg/cap, 2.9× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Spain changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +88.0% | 0.83 kg/cap | 1.56 kg/cap |
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
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.67 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.402 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 10.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4277 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -0.5136 % change on previous year (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 29th out of 192 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).