Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Tonga
Tonga: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.19 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Tonga, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.19 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
The figure is up 35.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tonga peaked at 0.23 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.09 kg/cap, in 2016.
Tonga 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 | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.108 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.138 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 0.23 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.194 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
More environment data for Tonga
- Inland waters — Area 2.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.46 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 26.11 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 9.11 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 62.43 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 21.79 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.3 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 42.92 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tonga?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tonga 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.23 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.09 kg/cap in 2016.
- How does Tonga rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Tonga ranks 130th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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).