Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Tunisia
Tunisia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.33 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Tunisia, 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 Tunisia is 0.33 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 26.9% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tunisia peaked at 0.33 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1 kg/cap, in 1992.
That places Tunisia 98th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.11 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.11 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1 kg/cap | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.12 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 0.13 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 0.14 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 0.14 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.12 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 0.13 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.16 kg/cap | +23.1% |
| 2005 | 0.15 kg/cap | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 0.12 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 0.13 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 0.17 kg/cap | +30.8% |
| 2009 | 0.14 kg/cap | -17.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2 kg/cap | +42.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.28 kg/cap | +40.0% |
| 2013 | 0.22 kg/cap | -21.4% |
| 2014 | 0.25 kg/cap | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 0.25 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.27 kg/cap | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.23 kg/cap | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 0.27 kg/cap | +17.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3 kg/cap | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 0.28 kg/cap | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 0.27 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 0.27 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.26 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 0.33 kg/cap | +26.9% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 0.33 kg/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 2.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 0.33 kg/cap is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.2 kg/cap, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.107 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.247 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.3 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.282 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % 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 -0.2204 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tunisia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Tunisia was 0.33 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.33 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 kg/cap in 1992.
- How does Tunisia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Tunisia ranks 98th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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).