Bcker, T., Finger, R. (2016). European Pesticide Tax Schemes in Comparison: An Analysis of Experiences and Developments. Sustainability 8(4), 378; doi: 10.3390/su8040378 >> Figure 3. Development of the Norwegian pesticide risk indicator with respect to environmental and human health risks as well as total annual sales based on retailers sales data Reference: Strm Prestvik, A. NIBIONorwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, s, Akershus, Norway. Personal communication, 2015. 1997 Average 96-97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sold quantity 706,2 754,2 730 954,6 796,3 380,2 518,7 818,5 688,5 869 523,5 719,9 750,7 820,9 580,5 736,8 865 Human health risk 10.463.089 11.915.903 11.189.496 17.342.682 12.859.739 4.071.336 6.559.626 10.213.596 9.661.590 11.830.194 6.419.367 8.907.615 8.277.977 9.926.674 7.130.550 8.222.253 9.885.312 Environmental risk 507.481.944 546.518.680 527.000.312 1.028.182.541 717.862.983 155.783.547 259.051.836 484.469.918 511.797.178 792.929.817 291.029.597 444.635.217 486.702.587 464.862.092 389.429.139 302.704.730 392.549.504 Indexed 1996-97 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Sold quantity 100 130,73 109,05 52,07 71,04 112,09 94,29 119,01 71,69 98,59 102,81 112,42 79,50 100,90 118,46 Human health risk 100 154,99 114,93 36,39 58,62 91,28 86,35 105,73 57,37 79,61 73,98 88,71 63,73 73,48 88,34 Environmental risk 100 195,10 136,22 29,56 49,16 91,93 97,12 150,46 55,22 84,37 92,35 88,21 73,90 57,44 74,49 See Bcker, T., Finger, R. (2016). European Pesticide Tax Schemes in Comparison: An Analysis of Experiences and Developments. Sustainability 8(4), 378; doi: 10.3390/su8040378 for further details