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 × 10⁸ kg / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 4 × 10⁵ tonnes / yr
HuID:		89726
Relevant Year(s):		2018
Summary:		Global annual insecticide use. This value includes several types of insecticides, including chlorinated hydrocarbons, organa-phosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, and botanical products and biologicals.
Method:		This value is reported by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Values are self-reported by country. To account for the uncertainty with self-reported values and non-reporting countries, we 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