Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia
Melanesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.4 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 0.4 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.6% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia peaked at 0.74 g/Int$ in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.25 g/Int$, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.54 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.74 g/Int$ | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 0.49 g/Int$ | -33.8% |
| 1993 | 0.46 g/Int$ | -6.1% |
| 1994 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.45 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.41 g/Int$ | -8.9% |
| 1997 | 0.37 g/Int$ | -9.8% |
| 1998 | 0.32 g/Int$ | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 0.27 g/Int$ | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -7.4% |
| 2001 | 0.26 g/Int$ | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 0.28 g/Int$ | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3 g/Int$ | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.34 g/Int$ | +9.7% |
| 2010 | 0.36 g/Int$ | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.37 g/Int$ | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +18.9% |
| 2013 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.45 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.44 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +15.2% |
| 2022 | 0.52 g/Int$ | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -21.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.451 g/Int$ | 0.27 g/Int$ | 0.74 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.297 g/Int$ | 0.25 g/Int$ | 0.34 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.427 g/Int$ | 0.36 g/Int$ | 0.46 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.484 g/Int$ | 0.4 g/Int$ | 0.53 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 7 Samoa 8.01 g/Int$ compare
- 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.79 g/Int$ compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 7.7 g/Int$ compare
- 10 Panama 7.64 g/Int$ compare
- 11 Naoero 7.63 g/Int$ compare
- 12 French Polynesia 7.53 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.17 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Qatar 6.58 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Melanesia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.59 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.37 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.857 °C (2025)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per value of agricultural 1.3 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.8 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity 6,033 t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use 6,096 t (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ 118.85 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Melanesia was 0.4 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.74 g/Int$ in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 g/Int$ in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Melanesia ranks 10th out of 16 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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).