Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Japan
Japan: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.6 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Japan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Japan recorded 1.6 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.3% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Japan peaked at 2.87 g/Int$ in 1998 and was at its lowest, 1.6 g/Int$, in 2024.
That places Japan 52nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Japan, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.66 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 2.67 g/Int$ | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 2.59 g/Int$ | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 2.77 g/Int$ | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 2.62 g/Int$ | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 2.69 g/Int$ | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 2.75 g/Int$ | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2.74 g/Int$ | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 2.87 g/Int$ | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 2.83 g/Int$ | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 2.85 g/Int$ | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 2.87 g/Int$ | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 2.54 g/Int$ | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 2.53 g/Int$ | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 2.39 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 2.34 g/Int$ | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 2.44 g/Int$ | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 2.25 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2008 | 2.15 g/Int$ | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 2.26 g/Int$ | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 2.11 g/Int$ | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 1.99 g/Int$ | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 2.06 g/Int$ | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1.91 g/Int$ | -7.3% |
| 2014 | 1.94 g/Int$ | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 1.99 g/Int$ | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 1.88 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 1.91 g/Int$ | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 1.92 g/Int$ | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 1.89 g/Int$ | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.78 g/Int$ | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 1.77 g/Int$ | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1.83 g/Int$ | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 1.69 g/Int$ | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 1.6 g/Int$ | -5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.72 g/Int$ | 2.59 g/Int$ | 2.87 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.46 g/Int$ | 2.15 g/Int$ | 2.87 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.96 g/Int$ | 1.88 g/Int$ | 2.11 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.73 g/Int$ | 1.6 g/Int$ | 1.83 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Japan?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Japan was 1.6 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 2.87 g/Int$ in 1998.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6 g/Int$ in 2024.
- How does Japan rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Japan ranks 52nd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Japan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Japan 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).