Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 3.79 g/Int$ in 2022. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua, 1990–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 3.79 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2022.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 112.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua peaked at 5.59 g/Int$ in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.55 g/Int$, in 1992.
Nicaragua ranks 18th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.57 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.56 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.96 g/Int$ | +74.5% |
| 1994 | 0.77 g/Int$ | -19.8% |
| 1995 | 0.78 g/Int$ | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 1.76 g/Int$ | +125.6% |
| 1997 | 2.69 g/Int$ | +52.8% |
| 1998 | 3.55 g/Int$ | +32.0% |
| 1999 | 2.94 g/Int$ | -17.2% |
| 2000 | 2.59 g/Int$ | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 2.41 g/Int$ | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 3.55 g/Int$ | +47.3% |
| 2003 | 3.31 g/Int$ | -6.8% |
| 2004 | 3.14 g/Int$ | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 4.97 g/Int$ | +58.3% |
| 2006 | 3.67 g/Int$ | -26.2% |
| 2007 | 4.95 g/Int$ | +34.9% |
| 2008 | 5.1 g/Int$ | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 4.32 g/Int$ | -15.3% |
| 2010 | 5.59 g/Int$ | +29.4% |
| 2011 | 2.07 g/Int$ | -63.0% |
| 2012 | 1.78 g/Int$ | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 2.62 g/Int$ | +47.2% |
| 2014 | 2.66 g/Int$ | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 3.07 g/Int$ | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 2.76 g/Int$ | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 2.59 g/Int$ | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 2.28 g/Int$ | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 2.49 g/Int$ | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 4.81 g/Int$ | +93.2% |
| 2021 | 4.05 g/Int$ | -15.8% |
| 2022 | 3.79 g/Int$ | -6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.51 g/Int$ | 0.55 g/Int$ | 3.55 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.8 g/Int$ | 2.41 g/Int$ | 5.1 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.79 g/Int$ | 1.78 g/Int$ | 5.59 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.22 g/Int$ | 3.79 g/Int$ | 4.81 g/Int$ | 3 |
Countries ranked near Nicaragua
- 15 Belize 6.28 g/Int$ compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.03 g/Int$ compare
- 16 Suriname 5.33 g/Int$ compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 0 g/Int$ compare
- 17 Mauritius 4.26 g/Int$ compare
- 19 Faroe Islands 3.49 g/Int$ compare
- 19 Ghana 3.49 g/Int$ compare
- 21 Argentina 3.42 g/Int$ compare
- 21 Bahamas 3.42 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Nicaragua
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 3.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 4.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Standard Deviation 0.243 °C (2024)
- Temperature change 1.89 °C (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2018)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production -100 % change on previous year (1994)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Nicaragua was 3.79 g/Int$ in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 5.59 g/Int$ in 2010.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.55 g/Int$ in 1992.
- How does Nicaragua rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Nicaragua ranks 18th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 112.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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).