Insecticide use in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Insecticide use was 2 tonnes in 2023. ▲ Rising
Insecticide use in Faroe Islands, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insecticide use in Faroe Islands is 2 tonnes, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticide use in Faroe Islands peaked at 2 tonnes in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1 tonnes, in 1990.
That places Faroe Islands 189th out of 211 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.9 tonnes | 1 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 2 tonnes | 4 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 186 Cape Verde 4 tonnes compare
- 187 Mali 3 tonnes compare
- 187 Micronesia (country) 3 tonnes compare
- 189 Andorra 2 tonnes compare
- 189 Bhutan 2 tonnes compare
- 189 British Virgin Islands 2 tonnes compare
- 189 Guam 2 tonnes compare
- 189 Montserrat 2 tonnes compare
- 189 Wallis and Futuna 2 tonnes compare
More reference data data for Faroe Islands
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.13 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.25 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.3816 °C (2026)
- Annual precipitation 1,056 millimeters (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.45 °C (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies -14.26 millimeters (2025)
- Milk production 7,243 tonnes (2024)
- Share of men and women expected to survive to the age of 65 93.2% (2024)
- Share of men expected to survive to the age of 65 88.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticide use in Faroe Islands?
- Insecticide use in Faroe Islands was 2 tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest insecticide use recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 2 tonnes in 1991.
- What is the lowest insecticide use recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 tonnes in 1990.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for insecticide use?
- Faroe Islands ranks 189th out of 211 countries with data for 2023.
- Is insecticide use rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Insecticide use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.