Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Palestine
Palestine: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.25 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Palestine, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Palestine stood at 0.25 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Palestine peaked at 0.59 kg/cap in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.25 kg/cap, in 2022.
Palestine ranks 109th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Palestine, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.59 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.57 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 0.54 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 0.52 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.48 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.46 kg/cap | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.44 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 0.43 kg/cap | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.41 kg/cap | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 0.4 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 0.39 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 0.38 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.36 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.35 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.35 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.34 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.35 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.34 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.34 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.33 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.32 kg/cap | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 0.31 kg/cap | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 0.31 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3 kg/cap | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 0.29 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.28 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 0.28 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.27 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 0.27 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.26 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 0.25 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.25 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.25 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.494 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 0.59 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.362 kg/cap | 0.34 kg/cap | 0.4 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.303 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.34 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.256 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Palestine
More environment data for Palestine
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.31 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -15.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.477 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate -73.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0039 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate -87.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Palestine?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Palestine was 0.25 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 Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 0.59 kg/cap in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does Palestine rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Palestine ranks 109th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palestine 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).