Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.59 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia stood at 0.59 g/Int$.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia peaked at 0.85 g/Int$ in 2007 and was at its lowest, 0.58 g/Int$, in 1991.
Western Asia ranks 17th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.67 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.58 g/Int$ | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 0.62 g/Int$ | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 0.64 g/Int$ | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 0.61 g/Int$ | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 0.64 g/Int$ | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 0.66 g/Int$ | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 0.76 g/Int$ | +15.2% |
| 1998 | 0.63 g/Int$ | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 0.69 g/Int$ | +9.5% |
| 2000 | 0.66 g/Int$ | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 0.59 g/Int$ | -10.6% |
| 2002 | 0.6 g/Int$ | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.67 g/Int$ | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 0.61 g/Int$ | -9.0% |
| 2005 | 0.73 g/Int$ | +19.7% |
| 2006 | 0.58 g/Int$ | -20.5% |
| 2007 | 0.85 g/Int$ | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 0.71 g/Int$ | -16.5% |
| 2009 | 0.69 g/Int$ | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 0.69 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.68 g/Int$ | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.69 g/Int$ | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.66 g/Int$ | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 0.7 g/Int$ | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 0.65 g/Int$ | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 0.76 g/Int$ | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.84 g/Int$ | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 0.73 g/Int$ | -13.1% |
| 2020 | 0.69 g/Int$ | -5.5% |
| 2021 | 0.68 g/Int$ | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.67 g/Int$ | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 0.65 g/Int$ | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 0.59 g/Int$ | -9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.65 g/Int$ | 0.58 g/Int$ | 0.76 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.669 g/Int$ | 0.58 g/Int$ | 0.85 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.717 g/Int$ | 0.65 g/Int$ | 0.84 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.656 g/Int$ | 0.59 g/Int$ | 0.69 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 14 Cook Islands 6.39 g/Int$ compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.15 g/Int$ compare
- 15 Belize 6.28 g/Int$ compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.03 g/Int$ compare
- 16 Suriname 5.33 g/Int$ compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 0 g/Int$ compare
- 17 Mauritius 4.26 g/Int$ compare
- 18 Nicaragua 3.79 g/Int$ compare
- 19 Faroe Islands 3.49 g/Int$ compare
- 19 Ghana 3.49 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 474.77 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 2,525 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 18,760 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 41.15 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 16.62 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Western Asia was 0.59 g/Int$ 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.85 g/Int$ in 2007.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.58 g/Int$ in 1991.
- How does Western Asia rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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).