Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Comoros
Comoros: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 62 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 62 t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 520.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Comoros peaked at 62 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2 t, in 2005.
That places Comoros 177th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15.5 t | 13 t | 20 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.9 t | 2 t | 20 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.5 t | 10 t | 26 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.8 t | 33 t | 62 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More environment data for Comoros
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.1 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 0.13 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.02 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 10.17 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 52.32 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 77.19 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 37.52 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 55.35 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.15 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Comoros?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Comoros was 62 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 62 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 t in 2005.
- How does Comoros rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Comoros ranks 177th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 520.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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).