Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Namibia
Namibia: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use was 989 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Namibia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 989 t for pesticides (total) — agricultural use in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Namibia peaked at 1,346 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 284 t, in 2004.
Namibia ranks 119th 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 | 574 t | 574 t | 574 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 702.1 t | 284 t | 1,346 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 779.6 t | 577 t | 931 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,087 t | 989 t | 1,187 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.93 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 7.57 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 100.2 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 46.16 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 97.91 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 38,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.03 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 13.51 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.06 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 798.49 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Namibia?
- Pesticides (total) — agricultural use in Namibia was 989 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,346 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — agricultural use recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 284 t in 2004.
- How does Namibia rank for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
- Namibia ranks 119th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — agricultural use rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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).