Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia
Tunisia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia is 0.6 g/Int$, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 22.4% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia peaked at 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.18 g/Int$, in 1996.
Tunisia ranks 106th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.26 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.21 g/Int$ | -19.2% |
| 1992 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +19.0% |
| 1993 | 0.23 g/Int$ | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +30.4% |
| 1995 | 0.31 g/Int$ | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 0.18 g/Int$ | -41.9% |
| 1997 | 0.26 g/Int$ | +44.4% |
| 1998 | 0.27 g/Int$ | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 0.34 g/Int$ | +36.0% |
| 2001 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 0.32 g/Int$ | -17.9% |
| 2003 | 0.24 g/Int$ | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.35 g/Int$ | +45.8% |
| 2005 | 0.3 g/Int$ | -14.3% |
| 2006 | 0.25 g/Int$ | -16.7% |
| 2007 | 0.26 g/Int$ | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 0.33 g/Int$ | +26.9% |
| 2009 | 0.28 g/Int$ | -15.2% |
| 2010 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.41 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 0.52 g/Int$ | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 0.43 g/Int$ | -17.3% |
| 2014 | 0.5 g/Int$ | +16.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +32.5% |
| 2017 | 0.46 g/Int$ | -13.2% |
| 2018 | 0.46 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.55 g/Int$ | +19.6% |
| 2020 | 0.45 g/Int$ | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 0.52 g/Int$ | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 0.48 g/Int$ | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 0.49 g/Int$ | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 0.6 g/Int$ | +22.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.252 g/Int$ | 0.18 g/Int$ | 0.31 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.306 g/Int$ | 0.24 g/Int$ | 0.39 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.468 g/Int$ | 0.4 g/Int$ | 0.55 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.508 g/Int$ | 0.45 g/Int$ | 0.6 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 103 Nigeria 0.65 g/Int$ compare
- 104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.62 g/Int$ compare
- 105 Belgium 0.61 g/Int$ compare
- 106 Burkina Faso 0.6 g/Int$ compare
- 106 Mozambique 0.6 g/Int$ compare
- 109 Rwanda 0.59 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -94.59 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Tunisia was 0.6 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 Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 g/Int$ in 1996.
- How does Tunisia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Tunisia ranks 106th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tunisia 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).