Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.18 kg/cap in 2024. ▬ Flat
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka is 0.18 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 125.0% on the previous year and up 350.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.18 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.04 kg/cap, in 2014.
Sri Lanka ranks 124th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.098 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.082 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.072 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.116 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 124 Andorra, Principality of 0.18 kg/cap compare
- 124 Burkina Faso 0.18 kg/cap compare
- 124 Liberia 0.18 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.207 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.849 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 11.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 191,100 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 6,821 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,347 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sri Lanka?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sri Lanka was 0.18 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.18 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2014.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Sri Lanka ranks 124th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 350.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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).