Agricultural Surfactants Market Outlook:
Agricultural Surfactants Market size was over USD 1.78 Billion in 2025 and is poised to exceed USD 3.16 Billion by 2035, witnessing over 5.9% CAGR during the forecast period i.e., between 2026-2035. In the year 2026, the industry size of agricultural surfactants is estimated at USD 1.87 Billion.
The growth of the market can be attributed to the rising demand for food and higher cases of death related to hunger and undernourishment. Around 3 million children die each year as a result of malnutrition and hunger. That represents over half of all fatalities among kids under the age of five. Moreover, nearly 113 million of the world's 822 million undernourished people are suffering from acute hunger, meaning they have a desperate need for food and nutrition.
In addition to these, factors that are believed to fuel the market growth of agricultural surfactants include the rising investment in agriculture-related research and development. An increase in R&D initiatives to produce new products and goods is estimated to promote the growth of the market. As per Economic Research Service 2019, the total public agricultural R&D spending in the U.S was USD 5.16 billion. Besides this, the growing demand for non-ionic surfactants is estimated to boost market growth. The use of surfactants decreases surface tension thereby increasing the efficiency of irrigation through increasing moisture retention. The application of non-ionic surfactants increased the irrigation profit by 20%.
