Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China
China: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.25 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China stood at 0.25 g/Int$.
That represents a change of up 8.7% on the previous year and down 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China peaked at 0.48 g/Int$ in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.23 g/Int$, in 2023.
China ranks 147th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in China, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.46 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.44 g/Int$ | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 0.42 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.46 g/Int$ | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 0.48 g/Int$ | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.44 g/Int$ | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.42 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.45 g/Int$ | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.42 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.41 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.38 g/Int$ | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 0.38 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.35 g/Int$ | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 0.32 g/Int$ | -8.6% |
| 2019 | 0.29 g/Int$ | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 0.28 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 0.24 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.23 g/Int$ | -4.2% |
| 2024 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +8.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.456 g/Int$ | 0.42 g/Int$ | 0.48 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.43 g/Int$ | 0.42 g/Int$ | 0.45 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.38 g/Int$ | 0.29 g/Int$ | 0.43 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.25 g/Int$ | 0.23 g/Int$ | 0.28 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in China was 0.25 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?
- The highest recorded value was 0.48 g/Int$ in 1999.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.23 g/Int$ in 2023.
- How does China rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- China ranks 147th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China 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).