Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Uruguay
Uruguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 4.39 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 4.39 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Uruguay peaked at 4.49 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.52 kg/cap, in 1993.
Uruguay ranks 2nd of 208 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.842 kg/cap | 0.52 kg/cap | 1.31 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.69 kg/cap | 1.12 kg/cap | 4.26 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.3 kg/cap | 3.94 kg/cap | 4.49 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.39 kg/cap | 4.39 kg/cap | 4.39 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More environment data for Uruguay
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 13.88 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 306.54 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 119.9 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 74.74 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 85.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 13,081 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.26 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 39 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.19 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 2,169 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Uruguay?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Uruguay was 4.39 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4.49 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.52 kg/cap in 1993.
- How does Uruguay rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 2nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay 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).