Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.57 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 0.57 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
The figure is up 39.0% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland peaked at 0.6 g/Int$ in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.36 g/Int$, in 2004.
Switzerland ranks 111th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.56 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 0.49 g/Int$ | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 0.49 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5 g/Int$ | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0.47 g/Int$ | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 0.44 g/Int$ | -6.4% |
| 1997 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.39 g/Int$ | -9.3% |
| 1999 | 0.41 g/Int$ | +5.1% |
| 2000 | 0.41 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2002 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.36 g/Int$ | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 0.37 g/Int$ | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.36 g/Int$ | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 0.55 g/Int$ | +52.8% |
| 2008 | 0.58 g/Int$ | +5.5% |
| 2009 | 0.56 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 2011 | 0.55 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.56 g/Int$ | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 0.59 g/Int$ | +5.4% |
| 2014 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.56 g/Int$ | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 0.55 g/Int$ | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.52 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5 g/Int$ | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.48 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 g/Int$ | +25.0% |
| 2022 | 0.57 g/Int$ | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 0.41 g/Int$ | -28.1% |
| 2024 | 0.57 g/Int$ | +39.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.469 g/Int$ | 0.39 g/Int$ | 0.56 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.441 g/Int$ | 0.36 g/Int$ | 0.58 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.543 g/Int$ | 0.5 g/Int$ | 0.59 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.526 g/Int$ | 0.41 g/Int$ | 0.6 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Switzerland was 0.57 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2021.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.36 g/Int$ in 2004.
- How does Switzerland rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Switzerland ranks 111th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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).