Pesticide use in Libya

Farmers in Libya used 0.83 kg of pesticides per hectare of cropland in 2024.

Measure: Pesticide use per hectare of cropland Unit: Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: FAOSTAT
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Libya, 2024 0.83e (Estimate) Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 0.83 kg/ha
World, 2024 2.49 kg/hae (Estimate) Official aggregate
Position in 2024 133rd of 187 See the full ranking

Pesticide use in Libya over time

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Kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Pesticide use per hectare of cropland (kg of active ingredients per hectare of cropland), 2000 to 2024
Period LibyaWorld
2024 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.38 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.44 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.43 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.26 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019 0.68 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.25 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018 0.51 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.19 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017 0.36 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.16 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016 0.40 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.23 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015 0.51 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.15 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014 0.62 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013 0.72 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.14 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012 0.83 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.10 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011 0.94 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.02 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010 1.12 kg/hae (Estimated value) 2.00 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009 1.08 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.81 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008 1.00 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.89 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007 0.95 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.85 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006 1.20 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.68 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005 1.63 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.69 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004 1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.64 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003 1.10 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.56 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002 0.55 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.49 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001 0.40 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000 0.32 kg/hae (Estimated value) 1.47 kg/hae (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.62 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +33.9%.
  • Among the 187 countries with data for 2024, Libya has the 133rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.49 kg/ha.

Source and dates

Original producer
FAOSTAT
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code
RP · dataset details · view at source
Selection
Item Code=1357 Element Code=5159
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Libya
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0