Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.05 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Vanuatu, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 0.05 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Vanuatu peaked at 1.16 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.05 kg/cap, in 2019.
That places Vanuatu 163rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.16 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.91 kg/cap | -21.6% |
| 1992 | 0.65 kg/cap | -28.6% |
| 1993 | 0.49 kg/cap | -24.6% |
| 1994 | 0.51 kg/cap | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.53 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.46 kg/cap | -13.2% |
| 1997 | 0.41 kg/cap | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 0.39 kg/cap | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 0.36 kg/cap | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 0.35 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.34 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 0.33 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 0.33 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.32 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 0.32 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.34 kg/cap | +6.3% |
| 2007 | 0.36 kg/cap | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 0.38 kg/cap | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3 kg/cap | -21.1% |
| 2010 | 0.2 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 kg/cap | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 0.05 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 31% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 0.05 kg/cap is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.29 kg/cap, 17% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -50.0% | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap |
| 2012 | -40.0% | 0.1 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap |
| 2010 | -33.3% | 0.3 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.587 kg/cap | 0.36 kg/cap | 1.16 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.337 kg/cap | 0.3 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.077 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 160 Malawi 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 160 New Caledonia 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 160 Tajikistan 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 163 Azerbaijan 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Equatorial Guinea 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Jordan 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 North Macedonia 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Solomon Islands 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Thailand 0.05 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % 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 -2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Vanuatu?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Vanuatu was 0.05 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 1.16 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does Vanuatu rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Vanuatu ranks 163rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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).