Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Sweden
Sweden: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.19 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Sweden, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sweden stood at 0.19 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 26.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sweden peaked at 0.28 kg/cap in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.14 kg/cap, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 130th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.188 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.226 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.28 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.221 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.202 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.22 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 6.41 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 161.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,016 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 1.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 15.26 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 454 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.1 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 3 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 84.64 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,518 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sweden?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Sweden was 0.19 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 Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.28 kg/cap in 2003.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.14 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Sweden ranks 130th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden 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).