Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in United States of America
United States of America: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 1.14 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in United States of America, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in United States of America stood at 1.14 g/Int$.
That represents a change of down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in United States of America peaked at 1.61 g/Int$ in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1.07 g/Int$, in 2009.
That places United States of America 7th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.59 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 1.59 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.49 g/Int$ | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 1.58 g/Int$ | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 1.5 g/Int$ | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 1.61 g/Int$ | +7.3% |
| 1996 | 1.54 g/Int$ | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 1.48 g/Int$ | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 1.46 g/Int$ | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 1.46 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1.42 g/Int$ | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 1.37 g/Int$ | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.41 g/Int$ | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 1.34 g/Int$ | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.29 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 1.3 g/Int$ | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 1.27 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 1.23 g/Int$ | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 1.15 g/Int$ | -6.5% |
| 2009 | 1.07 g/Int$ | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 1.12 g/Int$ | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 1.18 g/Int$ | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 1.23 g/Int$ | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 1.21 g/Int$ | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 1.16 g/Int$ | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.21 g/Int$ | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 1.19 g/Int$ | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 1.21 g/Int$ | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 1.22 g/Int$ | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 1.22 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.18 g/Int$ | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.15 g/Int$ | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 1.17 g/Int$ | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1.14 g/Int$ | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 1.14 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.53 g/Int$ | 1.46 g/Int$ | 1.61 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.28 g/Int$ | 1.07 g/Int$ | 1.42 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 g/Int$ | 1.12 g/Int$ | 1.23 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.16 g/Int$ | 1.14 g/Int$ | 1.18 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.59 g/Int$ compare
- 4 China, Macao SAR 8.96 g/Int$ compare
- 4 Saint Lucia 8.96 g/Int$ compare
- 5 Timor-Leste 0.93 g/Int$ compare
- 6 Grenada 8.28 g/Int$ compare
- 6 Türkiye 0.63 g/Int$ compare
- 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
More environment data for United States of America
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.76 °C (2025)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value -11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added Deflator (Agriculture, forestry and fishery) — Value US$ -11.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Import value, annual growth rate -4.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 4.83 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate 1.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 3.96 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.16 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in United States of America?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in United States of America was 1.14 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.61 g/Int$ in 1995.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.07 g/Int$ in 2009.
- How does United States of America rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- United States of America ranks 7th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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).