Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Brazil
Brazil: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 2.8 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Brazil, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Brazil stood at 2.8 g/Int$.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Brazil peaked at 3.3 g/Int$ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.59 g/Int$, in 1990.
Brazil ranks 27th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Brazil, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.59 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.64 g/Int$ | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 0.7 g/Int$ | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 0.79 g/Int$ | +12.9% |
| 1994 | 0.82 g/Int$ | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.85 g/Int$ | +3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.94 g/Int$ | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 1.08 g/Int$ | +14.9% |
| 1998 | 1.16 g/Int$ | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 1.15 g/Int$ | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 1.23 g/Int$ | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 1.26 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.13 g/Int$ | -10.3% |
| 2003 | 1.31 g/Int$ | +15.9% |
| 2004 | 1.43 g/Int$ | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 1.62 g/Int$ | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 1.58 g/Int$ | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.88 g/Int$ | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 1.81 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 1.98 g/Int$ | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 1.98 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.14 g/Int$ | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 2.4 g/Int$ | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 2.3 g/Int$ | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 2.25 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2.32 g/Int$ | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 2.49 g/Int$ | +7.3% |
| 2017 | 2.3 g/Int$ | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 2.43 g/Int$ | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 2.7 g/Int$ | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 2.82 g/Int$ | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 3.02 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 2022 | 3.3 g/Int$ | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 2.8 g/Int$ | -15.2% |
| 2024 | 2.8 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.872 g/Int$ | 0.59 g/Int$ | 1.16 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.52 g/Int$ | 1.13 g/Int$ | 1.98 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.33 g/Int$ | 1.98 g/Int$ | 2.7 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.95 g/Int$ | 2.8 g/Int$ | 3.3 g/Int$ | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -9.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0.0013 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -21.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Brazil?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Brazil was 2.8 g/Int$ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3 g/Int$ in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.59 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Brazil rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Brazil ranks 27th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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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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).