Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.39 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
China, Hong Kong SAR recorded 0.39 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 1.01 g/Int$ in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.25 g/Int$, in 2020.
That places China, Hong Kong SAR 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.77 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.73 g/Int$ | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 0.91 g/Int$ | +24.7% |
| 1993 | 0.73 g/Int$ | -19.8% |
| 1994 | 1.01 g/Int$ | +38.4% |
| 1995 | 0.56 g/Int$ | -44.6% |
| 1996 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 0.53 g/Int$ | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.47 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2000 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.52 g/Int$ | +10.6% |
| 2002 | 0.9 g/Int$ | +73.1% |
| 2003 | 0.83 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -38.6% |
| 2005 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.45 g/Int$ | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 0.58 g/Int$ | +45.0% |
| 2009 | 0.41 g/Int$ | -29.3% |
| 2010 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 0.7 g/Int$ | +66.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6 g/Int$ | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.56 g/Int$ | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.61 g/Int$ | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 0.54 g/Int$ | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 0.63 g/Int$ | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.72 g/Int$ | +20.0% |
| 2019 | 0.29 g/Int$ | -59.7% |
| 2020 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 0.28 g/Int$ | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 2023 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +30.0% |
| 2024 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.677 g/Int$ | 0.47 g/Int$ | 1.01 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.55 g/Int$ | 0.4 g/Int$ | 0.9 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.567 g/Int$ | 0.29 g/Int$ | 0.72 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.322 g/Int$ | 0.25 g/Int$ | 0.39 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China, Hong Kong SAR was 0.39 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 g/Int$ in 1994.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 g/Int$ in 2020.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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).