Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in World
World: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.46 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in World, 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 World is 0.46 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in World peaked at 0.47 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.33 kg/cap, in 1993.
That places World 13th 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.35 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.34 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.34 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.33 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.34 kg/cap | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.35 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 0.35 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.36 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.36 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.35 kg/cap | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 0.37 kg/cap | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 0.38 kg/cap | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 0.39 kg/cap | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.38 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.42 kg/cap | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 0.42 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4 kg/cap | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.43 kg/cap | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 0.43 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.45 kg/cap | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.46 kg/cap | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.45 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.45 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.47 kg/cap | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 0.47 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.45 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.46 kg/cap | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.348 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 0.36 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.383 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.447 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.46 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.47 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 10 Antigua and Barbuda 2.61 kg/cap compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 11 Canada 2.57 kg/cap compare
- 12 Australia 2.41 kg/cap compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 0.08 kg/cap compare
- 13 Australia and New Zealand 2.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 14 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.17 kg/cap compare
- 15 Costa Rica 2.09 kg/cap compare
- 15 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 16 Bermuda 2.01 kg/cap compare
- 16 Caribbean 0.25 kg/cap compare
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 4.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.27 % 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 0.2123 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in World?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in World was 0.46 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.47 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.33 kg/cap in 1993.
- How does World rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- World ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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).