Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Greece
Greece: 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 Greece, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Greece stood at 0.39 g/Int$.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.1% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Greece peaked at 1.11 g/Int$ in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.3 g/Int$, in 2009.
That places Greece 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Greece, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.7 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.61 g/Int$ | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 0.64 g/Int$ | +4.9% |
| 1993 | 0.76 g/Int$ | +18.8% |
| 1994 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -32.9% |
| 1995 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 0.59 g/Int$ | +11.3% |
| 1997 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +30.5% |
| 1998 | 0.87 g/Int$ | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 0.76 g/Int$ | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 0.83 g/Int$ | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 0.85 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 1.01 g/Int$ | +18.8% |
| 2003 | 1.04 g/Int$ | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1.09 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 1.11 g/Int$ | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.64 g/Int$ | -42.3% |
| 2007 | 0.65 g/Int$ | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 0.45 g/Int$ | -30.8% |
| 2009 | 0.3 g/Int$ | -33.3% |
| 2010 | 0.49 g/Int$ | +63.3% |
| 2011 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.99 g/Int$ | +86.8% |
| 2014 | 0.36 g/Int$ | -63.6% |
| 2015 | 0.36 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +16.7% |
| 2017 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.42 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 0.34 g/Int$ | -19.0% |
| 2023 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +23.5% |
| 2024 | 0.39 g/Int$ | -7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.674 g/Int$ | 0.51 g/Int$ | 0.87 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.797 g/Int$ | 0.3 g/Int$ | 1.11 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.495 g/Int$ | 0.36 g/Int$ | 0.99 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4 g/Int$ | 0.34 g/Int$ | 0.43 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 124 Belarus 0.42 g/Int$ compare
- 124 Luxembourg 0.42 g/Int$ compare
- 126 Saudi Arabia 0.4 g/Int$ compare
- 127 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.39 g/Int$ compare
- 127 Kenya 0.39 g/Int$ compare
- 130 Denmark 0.38 g/Int$ compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Greece?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Greece 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 1.11 g/Int$ in 2005.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 g/Int$ in 2009.
- How does Greece rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Greece ranks 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece 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).