Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius
Mauritius: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 4.26 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 4.26 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 61.4% on the previous year and up 89.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius peaked at 4.26 g/Int$ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.68 g/Int$, in 1994.
Mauritius ranks 17th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.69 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 2.14 g/Int$ | -20.4% |
| 1992 | 1.88 g/Int$ | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 1.73 g/Int$ | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 1.68 g/Int$ | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1.79 g/Int$ | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 1.73 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 1.86 g/Int$ | +7.5% |
| 1998 | 1.72 g/Int$ | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 2.09 g/Int$ | +21.5% |
| 2000 | 1.8 g/Int$ | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 1.77 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 2.13 g/Int$ | +20.3% |
| 2003 | 2.25 g/Int$ | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 2.06 g/Int$ | -8.4% |
| 2005 | 2.26 g/Int$ | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 2.4 g/Int$ | +6.2% |
| 2007 | 2.18 g/Int$ | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 2.36 g/Int$ | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 2.32 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 2.41 g/Int$ | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 2.33 g/Int$ | -3.3% |
| 2012 | 2.18 g/Int$ | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 2.34 g/Int$ | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 2.25 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 2.49 g/Int$ | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 2.58 g/Int$ | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 2.34 g/Int$ | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 2.3 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 2.12 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 2.33 g/Int$ | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 3.06 g/Int$ | +31.3% |
| 2022 | 3.95 g/Int$ | +29.1% |
| 2023 | 2.64 g/Int$ | -33.2% |
| 2024 | 4.26 g/Int$ | +61.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.93 g/Int$ | 1.68 g/Int$ | 2.69 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.15 g/Int$ | 1.77 g/Int$ | 2.4 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.33 g/Int$ | 2.12 g/Int$ | 2.58 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.25 g/Int$ | 2.33 g/Int$ | 4.26 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Mauritius was 4.26 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 Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 4.26 g/Int$ in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.68 g/Int$ in 1994.
- How does Mauritius rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Mauritius ranks 17th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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).