Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 4,304 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Burkina Faso is 4,304 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.1% on the previous year and up 141.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Burkina Faso peaked at 4,304 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 499 t, in 1995.
That places Burkina Faso 61st out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 514 t | — |
| 1991 | 514 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 514 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 514 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 514 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 499 t | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 661 t | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 914 t | +38.3% |
| 1998 | 1,171 t | +28.1% |
| 1999 | 1,023 t | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 750 t | -26.7% |
| 2001 | 558 t | -25.6% |
| 2002 | 762 t | +36.6% |
| 2003 | 1,060 t | +39.1% |
| 2004 | 1,387 t | +30.8% |
| 2005 | 1,581 t | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 1,809 t | +14.4% |
| 2007 | 1,759 t | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 1,528 t | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 1,166 t | -23.7% |
| 2010 | 1,043 t | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 1,059 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,255 t | +18.5% |
| 2013 | 1,560 t | +24.3% |
| 2014 | 1,781 t | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 2,046 t | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 2,646 t | +29.3% |
| 2017 | 2,938 t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 3,123 t | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 2,793 t | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 2,849 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3,038 t | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 3,498 t | +15.1% |
| 2023 | 4,019 t | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 4,304 t | +7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 683.8 t | 499 t | 1,171 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,236 t | 558 t | 1,809 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,024 t | 1,043 t | 3,123 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,542 t | 2,849 t | 4,304 t | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.2778 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Burkina Faso?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Burkina Faso was 4,304 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 4,304 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 499 t in 1995.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Burkina Faso ranks 61st out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 141.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — 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).