Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands
Turks and Caicos Islands: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.9 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands, 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 Turks and Caicos Islands is 1.9 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 24.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands peaked at 3.18 kg/cap in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 2001.
That places Turks and Caicos Islands 19th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.24 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 2.13 kg/cap | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 2.02 kg/cap | -5.2% |
| 1993 | 1.92 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 1.83 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 1.74 kg/cap | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 1.66 kg/cap | -4.6% |
| 1997 | 1.59 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 1.52 kg/cap | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 0.97 kg/cap | -36.2% |
| 2000 | 0.47 kg/cap | -51.5% |
| 2001 | 0 kg/cap | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2003 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2004 | 1.23 kg/cap | — |
| 2005 | 2.2 kg/cap | +78.9% |
| 2006 | 3.18 kg/cap | +44.5% |
| 2007 | 2.82 kg/cap | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 2.35 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 2.14 kg/cap | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4 kg/cap | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 2.78 kg/cap | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 2.85 kg/cap | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 2.63 kg/cap | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 2.53 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 2.42 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 2.31 kg/cap | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 2.22 kg/cap | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 2.13 kg/cap | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 2.05 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 1.99 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 1.96 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.93 kg/cap | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 1.92 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 1.9 kg/cap | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.76 kg/cap | 0.97 kg/cap | 2.24 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 3.18 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.43 kg/cap | 2.05 kg/cap | 2.85 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.94 kg/cap | 1.9 kg/cap | 1.99 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turks and Caicos Islands
More environment data for Turks and Caicos Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 58.48 % change on previous year (1993)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 11.79 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.832 °C (1993)
- Temperature change -0.665 °C (1993)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity 12,119 m3 (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import value 5,605 1000 USD (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 0 m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Turks and Caicos Islands was 1.9 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 Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3.18 kg/cap in 2006.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does Turks and Caicos Islands rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Turks and Caicos Islands ranks 19th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Turks and Caicos Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turks and Caicos Islands 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).