Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 8.96 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia stood at 8.96 g/Int$.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia peaked at 10.76 g/Int$ in 2016 and was at its lowest, 4.43 g/Int$, in 1996.
That places Saint Lucia 4th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7.39 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 7.92 g/Int$ | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 6.2 g/Int$ | -21.7% |
| 1993 | 5.4 g/Int$ | -12.9% |
| 1994 | 5.82 g/Int$ | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 4.7 g/Int$ | -19.2% |
| 1996 | 4.43 g/Int$ | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 4.64 g/Int$ | +4.7% |
| 1998 | 4.66 g/Int$ | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 6.08 g/Int$ | +30.5% |
| 2000 | 6.2 g/Int$ | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 6.52 g/Int$ | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 5.91 g/Int$ | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 8.16 g/Int$ | +38.1% |
| 2004 | 9.42 g/Int$ | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 10.13 g/Int$ | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 7.15 g/Int$ | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 5.71 g/Int$ | -20.1% |
| 2008 | 5.04 g/Int$ | -11.7% |
| 2009 | 6.1 g/Int$ | +21.0% |
| 2010 | 8.18 g/Int$ | +34.1% |
| 2011 | 8.17 g/Int$ | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 9.05 g/Int$ | +10.8% |
| 2013 | 8.59 g/Int$ | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 9.51 g/Int$ | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 10.66 g/Int$ | +12.1% |
| 2016 | 10.76 g/Int$ | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 9.31 g/Int$ | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 8.05 g/Int$ | -13.5% |
| 2019 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +11.3% |
| 2020 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8.96 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.72 g/Int$ | 4.43 g/Int$ | 7.92 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.03 g/Int$ | 5.04 g/Int$ | 10.13 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.12 g/Int$ | 8.05 g/Int$ | 10.76 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.96 g/Int$ | 8.96 g/Int$ | 8.96 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Saint Lucia was 8.96 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.76 g/Int$ in 2016.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.43 g/Int$ in 1996.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Saint Lucia ranks 4th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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).