Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia
Malaysia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.19 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Malaysia recorded 1.19 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.8% on the previous year and down 58.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia peaked at 3.98 g/Int$ in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.19 g/Int$, in 2024.
That places Malaysia 67th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.76 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 2.71 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.23 g/Int$ | +19.2% |
| 2008 | 3.58 g/Int$ | +10.8% |
| 2009 | 3.5 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 3.94 g/Int$ | +12.6% |
| 2011 | 2.52 g/Int$ | -36.0% |
| 2012 | 2.96 g/Int$ | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 3.62 g/Int$ | +22.3% |
| 2014 | 2.84 g/Int$ | -21.5% |
| 2015 | 3.52 g/Int$ | +23.9% |
| 2016 | 3.98 g/Int$ | +13.1% |
| 2017 | 2.76 g/Int$ | -30.7% |
| 2018 | 2.48 g/Int$ | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 2.71 g/Int$ | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 2.04 g/Int$ | -24.7% |
| 2021 | 2.66 g/Int$ | +30.4% |
| 2022 | 1.47 g/Int$ | -44.7% |
| 2023 | 1.72 g/Int$ | +17.0% |
| 2024 | 1.19 g/Int$ | -30.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.71 g/Int$ | 2.71 g/Int$ | 2.76 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.93 g/Int$ | 2.71 g/Int$ | 3.58 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.13 g/Int$ | 2.48 g/Int$ | 3.98 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.82 g/Int$ | 1.19 g/Int$ | 2.66 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 64 Republic of Korea 1.26 g/Int$ compare
- 65 Philippines 1.21 g/Int$ compare
- 66 Colombia 1.2 g/Int$ compare
- 68 Finland 1.13 g/Int$ compare
- 68 Tokelau 1.13 g/Int$ compare
- 68 Australia and New Zealand 1.13 g/Int$ compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
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- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Malaysia was 1.19 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.98 g/Int$ in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.19 g/Int$ in 2024.
- How does Malaysia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Malaysia ranks 67th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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).