The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2018) is reported.


Value:		≈ 4 × 10⁹ kg / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 4 × 10⁶ tonnes / yr
HuID:		27695
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Global annual pesticide use including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, plant growth regulators, and rodenticides. The value corresponds to the amount of pesticides used in or sold to the agricultural sector.
Method:		This data is reported by the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization. The values are self-reported by country. We therefore report the value as approximate.
Source:		FAO (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations) Pesticides Use. (2021)
Dataset:		Global pesticide use (FAOSTAT_pesticide.csv) global resolution
Trend:
Original Data License:		CC-BY-NC-SA IGO 3.0 (FAO Modified)
Added By:		rbanks