Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.97 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe is 0.97 g/Int$, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe peaked at 1.44 g/Int$ in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.97 g/Int$, in 2023.
Southern Europe ranks 10th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.44 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 1.28 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 1.25 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 1.31 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 1.25 g/Int$ | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 1.29 g/Int$ | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 1.16 g/Int$ | -10.1% |
| 1997 | 1.25 g/Int$ | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 1.29 g/Int$ | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1.22 g/Int$ | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 1.22 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.19 g/Int$ | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 1.42 g/Int$ | +19.3% |
| 2003 | 1.35 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 1.33 g/Int$ | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 1.35 g/Int$ | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 1.2 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 2007 | 1.27 g/Int$ | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 1.24 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 1.1 g/Int$ | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 1.13 g/Int$ | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 1.4 g/Int$ | +23.9% |
| 2012 | 1.35 g/Int$ | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 1.28 g/Int$ | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 1.43 g/Int$ | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 1.34 g/Int$ | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.28 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 1.24 g/Int$ | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 1.14 g/Int$ | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 1.18 g/Int$ | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 1.18 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.14 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 1.01 g/Int$ | -11.4% |
| 2023 | 0.97 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 2024 | 0.97 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.27 g/Int$ | 1.16 g/Int$ | 1.44 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.27 g/Int$ | 1.1 g/Int$ | 1.42 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.28 g/Int$ | 1.13 g/Int$ | 1.43 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.05 g/Int$ | 0.97 g/Int$ | 1.18 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.52 g/Int$ compare
- 7 Samoa 8.01 g/Int$ compare
- 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.79 g/Int$ compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 7.7 g/Int$ compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.45 g/Int$ compare
- 10 Panama 7.64 g/Int$ compare
- 10 Melanesia 0.4 g/Int$ compare
- 11 Naoero 7.63 g/Int$ compare
- 12 French Polynesia 7.53 g/Int$ compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.17 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Qatar 6.58 g/Int$ compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.66 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 0.7558 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 11.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate -0.5262 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Southern Europe was 0.97 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.44 g/Int$ in 1990.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.97 g/Int$ in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Southern Europe ranks 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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).