Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Australia
Australia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.47 g/Int$ in 2017. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Australia, 1990–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1.47 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2017. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Australia peaked at 1.47 g/Int$ in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.62 g/Int$, in 1990.
Australia ranks 55th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Australia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.62 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.62 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.73 g/Int$ | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.73 g/Int$ | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.82 g/Int$ | +12.3% |
| 1996 | 0.94 g/Int$ | +14.6% |
| 1997 | 1.01 g/Int$ | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 1.04 g/Int$ | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.9 g/Int$ | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 0.89 g/Int$ | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.85 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 0.79 g/Int$ | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 0.88 g/Int$ | +11.4% |
| 2004 | 1.01 g/Int$ | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9 g/Int$ | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 1.07 g/Int$ | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 0.96 g/Int$ | -10.3% |
| 2008 | 1.21 g/Int$ | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 1.06 g/Int$ | -12.4% |
| 2010 | 1.13 g/Int$ | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 1.2 g/Int$ | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 1.23 g/Int$ | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.07 g/Int$ | -13.0% |
| 2014 | 1.19 g/Int$ | +11.2% |
| 2015 | 1.23 g/Int$ | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 1.39 g/Int$ | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 1.47 g/Int$ | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.818 g/Int$ | 0.62 g/Int$ | 1.04 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.962 g/Int$ | 0.79 g/Int$ | 1.21 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 g/Int$ | 1.07 g/Int$ | 1.47 g/Int$ | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Australia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Australia was 1.47 g/Int$ in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.47 g/Int$ in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.62 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Australia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Australia ranks 55th out of 179 countries with data for 2017.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production. 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).