Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan
Pakistan: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.31 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan is 0.31 g/Int$, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 22.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan peaked at 0.63 g/Int$ in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.31 g/Int$, in 2023.
That places Pakistan 137th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.55 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 0.52 g/Int$ | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.5 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.48 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.44 g/Int$ | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 0.63 g/Int$ | +34.0% |
| 2001 | 0.63 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.62 g/Int$ | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6 g/Int$ | -3.2% |
| 2004 | 0.56 g/Int$ | -6.7% |
| 2005 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.54 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.52 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.46 g/Int$ | -8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -9.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.39 g/Int$ | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.38 g/Int$ | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 0.38 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.37 g/Int$ | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 0.35 g/Int$ | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 0.33 g/Int$ | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 0.34 g/Int$ | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0.31 g/Int$ | -8.8% |
| 2024 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.478 g/Int$ | 0.43 g/Int$ | 0.55 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.561 g/Int$ | 0.46 g/Int$ | 0.63 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.405 g/Int$ | 0.37 g/Int$ | 0.46 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.328 g/Int$ | 0.31 g/Int$ | 0.35 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 134 Egypt 0.33 g/Int$ compare
- 134 Norway 0.33 g/Int$ compare
- 134 Somalia 0.33 g/Int$ compare
- 137 Bangladesh 0.31 g/Int$ compare
- 139 New Zealand 0.3 g/Int$ compare
- 139 Oman 0.3 g/Int$ compare
- 139 Papua New Guinea 0.3 g/Int$ compare
- 139 Solomon Islands 0.3 g/Int$ compare
- 139 Zimbabwe 0.3 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Pakistan
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.373 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Pakistan was 0.31 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.63 g/Int$ in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.31 g/Int$ in 2023.
- How does Pakistan rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Pakistan ranks 137th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan 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).