Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Finland
Finland: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.13 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Finland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Finland is 1.13 g/Int$, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Finland peaked at 1.66 g/Int$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.78 g/Int$, in 1995.
Finland ranks 68th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Finland, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.21 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 1.19 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 1.37 g/Int$ | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 1.35 g/Int$ | -1.5% |
| 1994 | 1.28 g/Int$ | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 0.78 g/Int$ | -39.1% |
| 1996 | 0.81 g/Int$ | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.99 g/Int$ | +22.2% |
| 1998 | 1.42 g/Int$ | +43.4% |
| 1999 | 1.43 g/Int$ | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 1.14 g/Int$ | -20.3% |
| 2001 | 1.3 g/Int$ | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 1.46 g/Int$ | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 1.49 g/Int$ | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 1.51 g/Int$ | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 1.51 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.65 g/Int$ | +9.3% |
| 2007 | 1.24 g/Int$ | -24.8% |
| 2008 | 1.18 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 1.47 g/Int$ | +24.6% |
| 2010 | 1.27 g/Int$ | -13.6% |
| 2011 | 0.96 g/Int$ | -24.4% |
| 2012 | 1.04 g/Int$ | +8.3% |
| 2013 | 1.03 g/Int$ | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 1.09 g/Int$ | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1.27 g/Int$ | +16.5% |
| 2016 | 1.45 g/Int$ | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 1.4 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 1.66 g/Int$ | +18.6% |
| 2019 | 1.24 g/Int$ | -25.3% |
| 2020 | 1.57 g/Int$ | +26.6% |
| 2021 | 1.39 g/Int$ | -11.5% |
| 2022 | 1.07 g/Int$ | -23.0% |
| 2023 | 1.11 g/Int$ | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 1.13 g/Int$ | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.18 g/Int$ | 0.78 g/Int$ | 1.43 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 g/Int$ | 1.14 g/Int$ | 1.65 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.24 g/Int$ | 0.96 g/Int$ | 1.66 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 g/Int$ | 1.07 g/Int$ | 1.57 g/Int$ | 5 |
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- Temperature change 2.94 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Finland?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Finland was 1.13 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 Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.66 g/Int$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.78 g/Int$ in 1995.
- How does Finland rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Finland ranks 68th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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).