Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia
Polynesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 5.43 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Polynesia recorded 5.43 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.9% on the previous year and up 84.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia peaked at 6.02 g/Int$ in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2.05 g/Int$, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.05 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 2.35 g/Int$ | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 2.43 g/Int$ | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 2.36 g/Int$ | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 2.8 g/Int$ | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 2.69 g/Int$ | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 2.58 g/Int$ | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 2.66 g/Int$ | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 2.53 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 2.63 g/Int$ | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 2.61 g/Int$ | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 2.66 g/Int$ | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2.7 g/Int$ | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 2.82 g/Int$ | +4.4% |
| 2004 | 2.91 g/Int$ | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 2.78 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 2.83 g/Int$ | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 2.66 g/Int$ | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 2.67 g/Int$ | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2.55 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 2.53 g/Int$ | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 2.52 g/Int$ | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2.64 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 2.7 g/Int$ | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 2.94 g/Int$ | +8.9% |
| 2015 | 3.48 g/Int$ | +18.4% |
| 2016 | 3.64 g/Int$ | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 3.82 g/Int$ | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 4.63 g/Int$ | +21.2% |
| 2019 | 3.99 g/Int$ | -13.8% |
| 2020 | 4.33 g/Int$ | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 4.87 g/Int$ | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 6.02 g/Int$ | +23.6% |
| 2023 | 4.42 g/Int$ | -26.6% |
| 2024 | 5.43 g/Int$ | +22.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.51 g/Int$ | 2.05 g/Int$ | 2.8 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.72 g/Int$ | 2.55 g/Int$ | 2.91 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.29 g/Int$ | 2.52 g/Int$ | 4.63 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.01 g/Int$ | 4.33 g/Int$ | 6.02 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 1 Maldives 10.32 g/Int$ compare
- 2 Paraguay 10.07 g/Int$ compare
- 3 Seychelles 9.36 g/Int$ compare
- 4 China, Macao SAR 8.96 g/Int$ compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 8.96 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Polynesia
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.894 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.17 ha/cap (2024)
- Land area — Area 794.6 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 14.8 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 89.76 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 117.57 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Polynesia was 5.43 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 Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.02 g/Int$ in 2022.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.05 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Polynesia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Polynesia ranks 1st out of 16 regions with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Polynesia 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).