Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Eritrea
Eritrea: Insecticides — Agricultural Use was 28 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for insecticides — agricultural use in Eritrea is 28 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, insecticides — agricultural use in Eritrea peaked at 31 t in 1997 and was at its lowest, 4 t, in 1993.
Eritrea ranks 144th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Insecticides — Agricultural Use in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 4 t | — |
| 1994 | 4 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 4 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 4 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 31 t | +675.0% |
| 1998 | 20 t | -35.5% |
| 1999 | 22 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 25 t | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 28 t | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 28 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 28 t | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 28 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 241 t, 12% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 28 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 317 t, 9% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.71 t | 4 t | 31 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 27.7 t | 25 t | 28 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28 t | 28 t | 28 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28 t | 28 t | 28 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insecticides — agricultural use in Eritrea?
- Insecticides — agricultural use in Eritrea was 28 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 31 t in 1997.
- What is the lowest insecticides — agricultural use recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 t in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for insecticides — agricultural use?
- Eritrea ranks 144th out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is insecticides — agricultural use rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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).