Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Kuwait
Kuwait: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 1,326 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Kuwait, 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 Kuwait is 1,326 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Kuwait peaked at 2,385 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 197 t, in 1990.
Kuwait ranks 108th of 216 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 720.4 t | 197 t | 1,209 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,130 t | 690 t | 1,359 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,634 t | 1,030 t | 2,385 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,381 t | 1,286 t | 1,493 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More environment data for Kuwait
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 100 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 18 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.63 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 136 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 4 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 5.33 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Kuwait?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Kuwait was 1,326 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 2,385 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 197 t in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Kuwait ranks 108th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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).