Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador
El Salvador: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 2.07 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador stood at 2.07 g/Int$.
The figure is up 18.3% on the previous year and down 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador peaked at 3.87 g/Int$ in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.87 g/Int$, in 2016.
That places El Salvador 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.97 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 3.07 g/Int$ | +55.8% |
| 1992 | 2.68 g/Int$ | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 2.77 g/Int$ | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 2.68 g/Int$ | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 2.54 g/Int$ | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 2.36 g/Int$ | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 2.23 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 1998 | 2.15 g/Int$ | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 1.89 g/Int$ | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 1.83 g/Int$ | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 1.77 g/Int$ | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1.69 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 1.65 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 1.45 g/Int$ | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 1.29 g/Int$ | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 1.44 g/Int$ | +11.6% |
| 2007 | 1.21 g/Int$ | -16.0% |
| 2008 | 2.27 g/Int$ | +87.6% |
| 2009 | 2.02 g/Int$ | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 2.24 g/Int$ | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 2.11 g/Int$ | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 1.53 g/Int$ | -27.5% |
| 2013 | 3.87 g/Int$ | +152.9% |
| 2014 | 3.63 g/Int$ | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 1.16 g/Int$ | -68.0% |
| 2016 | 0.87 g/Int$ | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 1.93 g/Int$ | +121.8% |
| 2018 | 1.87 g/Int$ | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 1.58 g/Int$ | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 2.01 g/Int$ | +27.2% |
| 2021 | 2.33 g/Int$ | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 0.96 g/Int$ | -58.8% |
| 2023 | 1.75 g/Int$ | +82.3% |
| 2024 | 2.07 g/Int$ | +18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.43 g/Int$ | 1.89 g/Int$ | 3.07 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.66 g/Int$ | 1.21 g/Int$ | 2.27 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.08 g/Int$ | 0.87 g/Int$ | 3.87 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.82 g/Int$ | 0.96 g/Int$ | 2.33 g/Int$ | 5 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
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- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in El Salvador was 2.07 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 3.87 g/Int$ in 2013.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.87 g/Int$ in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- El Salvador ranks 40th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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).