Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in World
World: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.91 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in World, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in World is 0.91 g/Int$, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.4% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in World peaked at 0.93 g/Int$ in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.82 g/Int$, in 1992.
World ranks 11th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in World, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.85 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.84 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.82 g/Int$ | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 0.83 g/Int$ | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 0.84 g/Int$ | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.85 g/Int$ | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.85 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.87 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 0.86 g/Int$ | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 0.85 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.84 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 0.83 g/Int$ | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.83 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.84 g/Int$ | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 0.86 g/Int$ | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.87 g/Int$ | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 0.85 g/Int$ | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 0.91 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 0.89 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.85 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 0.92 g/Int$ | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.93 g/Int$ | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 0.91 g/Int$ | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9 g/Int$ | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.91 g/Int$ | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.87 g/Int$ | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 0.87 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.89 g/Int$ | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.88 g/Int$ | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.92 g/Int$ | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 0.92 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.88 g/Int$ | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.91 g/Int$ | +3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.846 g/Int$ | 0.82 g/Int$ | 0.87 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.857 g/Int$ | 0.83 g/Int$ | 0.91 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9 g/Int$ | 0.87 g/Int$ | 0.93 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.902 g/Int$ | 0.88 g/Int$ | 0.92 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 8 Saint Kitts and Nevis 7.79 g/Int$ compare
- 9 Trinidad and Tobago 7.7 g/Int$ compare
- 10 Panama 7.64 g/Int$ compare
- 11 Naoero 7.63 g/Int$ compare
- 12 French Polynesia 7.53 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.17 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Qatar 6.58 g/Int$ compare
- 14 Cook Islands 6.39 g/Int$ compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0137 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 0.699 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import 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 World?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in World was 0.91 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.93 g/Int$ in 2012.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.82 g/Int$ in 1992.
- How does World rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- World ranks 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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).