Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Egypt
Egypt: Insecticides — Agricultural Use was 5,415 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Egypt, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insecticides — agricultural use in Egypt is 5,415 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.4% on the previous year and up 73.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticides — agricultural use in Egypt peaked at 5,415 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,415 t, in 1993.
That places Egypt 24th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,056 t | 2,415 t | 4,233 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,612 t | 3,035 t | 4,905 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,231 t | 3,113 t | 5,148 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,573 t | 3,766 t | 5,415 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More environment data for Egypt
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 94.91 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 4,014 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 22.58 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 955 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 77.42 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,274 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.04 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 4.25 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 100 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticides — agricultural use in Egypt?
- Insecticides — agricultural use in Egypt was 5,415 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 5,415 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,415 t in 1993.
- How does Egypt rank for insecticides — agricultural use?
- Egypt ranks 24th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insecticides — agricultural use rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Insecticides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).