Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 3.49 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 3.49 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands peaked at 7.32 g/Int$ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3.11 g/Int$, in 2015.
That places Faroe Islands 19th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 6.09 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 7.32 g/Int$ | +20.2% |
| 1992 | 7.31 g/Int$ | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 6.87 g/Int$ | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 6.83 g/Int$ | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 6.9 g/Int$ | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 6.93 g/Int$ | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 7.12 g/Int$ | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 6.82 g/Int$ | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 6.57 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 6.31 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 6.13 g/Int$ | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 5.99 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 5.92 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 5.85 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 5.86 g/Int$ | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5.89 g/Int$ | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 5.78 g/Int$ | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 5.82 g/Int$ | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 5.78 g/Int$ | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 5.81 g/Int$ | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 5.74 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 5.74 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5.54 g/Int$ | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 3.14 g/Int$ | -43.3% |
| 2015 | 3.11 g/Int$ | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 3.35 g/Int$ | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 3.44 g/Int$ | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 3.27 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 3.47 g/Int$ | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 3.69 g/Int$ | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 3.62 g/Int$ | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 3.49 g/Int$ | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 3.55 g/Int$ | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 3.49 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.88 g/Int$ | 6.09 g/Int$ | 7.32 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.93 g/Int$ | 5.78 g/Int$ | 6.31 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.26 g/Int$ | 3.11 g/Int$ | 5.81 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.57 g/Int$ | 3.49 g/Int$ | 3.69 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
More environment data for Faroe Islands
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 5.94 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.67 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.468 °C (2025)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 5 t (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 0.05 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 1,683 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Faroe Islands was 3.49 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 7.32 g/Int$ in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.11 g/Int$ in 2015.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Faroe Islands ranks 19th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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).