Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Oceania
Oceania: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.08 g/Int$ in 2017. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Oceania, 1990–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 1.08 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2017. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 45.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Oceania peaked at 1.08 g/Int$ in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.55 g/Int$, in 1990.
Oceania ranks 8th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Oceania, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.55 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.57 g/Int$ | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.62 g/Int$ | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 0.65 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 0.6 g/Int$ | -7.7% |
| 1995 | 0.68 g/Int$ | +13.3% |
| 1996 | 0.75 g/Int$ | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 0.79 g/Int$ | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.8 g/Int$ | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 0.71 g/Int$ | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 0.71 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.67 g/Int$ | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 0.64 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 0.7 g/Int$ | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 0.78 g/Int$ | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 0.71 g/Int$ | -9.0% |
| 2006 | 0.81 g/Int$ | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 0.74 g/Int$ | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 0.93 g/Int$ | +25.7% |
| 2009 | 0.82 g/Int$ | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 0.87 g/Int$ | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.93 g/Int$ | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 0.94 g/Int$ | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.84 g/Int$ | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 0.91 g/Int$ | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 0.92 g/Int$ | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.05 g/Int$ | +14.1% |
| 2017 | 1.08 g/Int$ | +2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.672 g/Int$ | 0.55 g/Int$ | 0.8 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.751 g/Int$ | 0.64 g/Int$ | 0.93 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9425 g/Int$ | 0.84 g/Int$ | 1.08 g/Int$ | 8 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
More environment data for Oceania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.36 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.316 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.00 million t (2024)
- Land area — Area 849,270 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area 34,003 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 199.29 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Oceania?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Oceania was 1.08 g/Int$ in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.08 g/Int$ in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.55 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Oceania rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Oceania ranks 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2017.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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).