Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 2.17 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis is 2.17 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 4.43 kg/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.86 kg/cap, in 2011.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 14th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.29 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 2.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 2.27 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 2.28 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 2.39 kg/cap | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 2.53 kg/cap | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 2.43 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 2.32 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 2.24 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 1999 | 2.2 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 4.43 kg/cap | +101.4% |
| 2001 | 3.97 kg/cap | -10.4% |
| 2002 | 3.51 kg/cap | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 3.06 kg/cap | -12.8% |
| 2004 | 2.62 kg/cap | -14.4% |
| 2005 | 2.17 kg/cap | -17.2% |
| 2006 | 2.07 kg/cap | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 2.23 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2008 | 1.93 kg/cap | -13.5% |
| 2009 | 2.12 kg/cap | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 1.93 kg/cap | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 1.86 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 2.04 kg/cap | +9.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 2.33 kg/cap | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 2.45 kg/cap | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 2.56 kg/cap | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 2.5 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 2.16 kg/cap | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 2.16 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2.16 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.17 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.32 kg/cap | 2.2 kg/cap | 2.53 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.81 kg/cap | 1.93 kg/cap | 4.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.21 kg/cap | 1.86 kg/cap | 2.56 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.17 kg/cap | 2.16 kg/cap | 2.17 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 11 Canada 2.57 kg/cap compare
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 15 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 17 Sint Maarten 1.98 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.19 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 1 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 11 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 64.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0021 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 2.17 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 4.43 kg/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.86 kg/cap in 2011.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 14th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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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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).