Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Western Asia
Western Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.26 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Western Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Western Asia stood at 0.26 kg/cap.
The figure is down 7.1% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Western Asia peaked at 0.35 kg/cap in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.24 kg/cap, in 2001.
That places Western Asia 15th out of 25 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.32 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.27 kg/cap | -15.6% |
| 1992 | 0.28 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.28 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.25 kg/cap | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 0.26 kg/cap | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.28 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 0.31 kg/cap | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 0.28 kg/cap | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 0.29 kg/cap | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 0.28 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 0.24 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2002 | 0.26 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.28 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 0.26 kg/cap | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 0.32 kg/cap | +23.1% |
| 2006 | 0.25 kg/cap | -21.9% |
| 2007 | 0.35 kg/cap | +40.0% |
| 2008 | 0.29 kg/cap | -17.1% |
| 2009 | 0.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.28 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 0.27 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 0.26 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3 kg/cap | +15.4% |
| 2017 | 0.31 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.34 kg/cap | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 0.3 kg/cap | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 0.3 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.29 kg/cap | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.29 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.28 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 0.26 kg/cap | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.282 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.282 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.293 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 0.34 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.284 kg/cap | 0.26 kg/cap | 0.3 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 15 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 17 Sint Maarten 1.98 kg/cap compare
- 18 Nicaragua 1.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 16.62 % (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,525 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 18,760 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 41.15 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Western Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Western Asia was 0.26 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.35 kg/cap in 2007.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.24 kg/cap in 2001.
- How does Western Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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).