Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: 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 Saudi Arabia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 0.4 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
The figure is up 14.3% on the previous year and down 72.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1.58 g/Int$ in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.25 g/Int$, in 1993.
That places Saudi Arabia 126th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.28 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.27 g/Int$ | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 0.26 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.27 g/Int$ | +8.0% |
| 1996 | 0.28 g/Int$ | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 0.65 g/Int$ | +132.1% |
| 1998 | 0.66 g/Int$ | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.75 g/Int$ | +13.6% |
| 2000 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 0.71 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 0.78 g/Int$ | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.77 g/Int$ | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 0.8 g/Int$ | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.82 g/Int$ | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 0.84 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.88 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.95 g/Int$ | +8.0% |
| 2010 | 0.95 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.03 g/Int$ | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 1.1 g/Int$ | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1.04 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.43 g/Int$ | +37.5% |
| 2015 | 1.47 g/Int$ | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1.55 g/Int$ | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 1.52 g/Int$ | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1.58 g/Int$ | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 1.53 g/Int$ | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9 g/Int$ | -41.2% |
| 2021 | 0.83 g/Int$ | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 0.86 g/Int$ | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.35 g/Int$ | -59.3% |
| 2024 | 0.4 g/Int$ | +14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.392 g/Int$ | 0.25 g/Int$ | 0.75 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.809 g/Int$ | 0.71 g/Int$ | 0.95 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.32 g/Int$ | 0.95 g/Int$ | 1.58 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.668 g/Int$ | 0.35 g/Int$ | 0.9 g/Int$ | 5 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 7.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0.0018 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saudi Arabia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saudi Arabia 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 g/Int$ in 2018.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.25 g/Int$ in 1993.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 126th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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).