In 2024, pesticide sales in the EU reached approximately 316 000 tonnes, marking an 8% rise over 2023. This reversal follows 2 consecutive years of decline in sales.
Pesticide sales in the EU in 2024 reflect a 12% decrease from 2011 levels, when nearly 351 000 tonnes were sold.
The main category of pesticides sold in the EU in 2024 was ‘fungicides and bactericides’ (40%), followed by ‘herbicides, haulm destructors and moss killers’ (35%) and ‘insecticides and acaricides’ (17%).
This information comes from data on pesticide sales published by Eurostat today. This article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on agri-environmental indicator: consumption of pesticides.
Source dataset: aei_fm_salpest09
In 2024, France (22%), Spain (19%), Germany (14%) and Italy (13%) accounted for the highest shares of pesticide sales volumes in the EU. These 4 countries are also the EU’s largest agricultural producers.
Between 2011 and 2024, there were stark contrasts in the developments of pesticide sales within the EU. For the 21 countries with data available for both years, sales decreased in 14 of them, most noticeably in Czechia (-44%), Italy (-43%), Ireland (-42%) and Portugal (-40%). By contrast, sales increased in 7 EU countries, with the highest increases in Latvia (+68%), Austria (+52%) and Lithuania (+35%).
For more information
- Statistics Explained article on agri-environmental indicator: consumption of pesticides
- Thematic section on agriculture
- Thematic section on agri-environmental indicators
- Database on agriculture
- Key figures on the European food chain – 2025 edition
Methodological notes
- EU data do not take into account confidential values, which represent less than 1% of the total sales over the entire time series.
- For the purpose of this publication, the figure for Denmark taken into account in the EU aggregate is based on the 2023 value.
- In this article, the term ‘pesticides’ refers to plant protection products and covers the following categories: ‘fungicides and bactericides’, ‘herbicides, haulm destructors and moss killers’, ‘insecticides and acaricides’, ‘molluscicides’, ‘plant growth regulators’ and ‘other plant protection products’.
- In Austria, large volumes of inert gases, such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen, used in the storage of agricultural products inflate the total volume of pesticides sold.
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| Zařazeno | st 13.05.2026 11:05:00 |
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| Zdroj | Eurostat - news |
| Originál | ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=ddn-20260513-3 |
| lang | en |
| Autor | Eurostat |
