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 110th of 200 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.
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Namibia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 574 t | — |
| 1991 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 574 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,322 t | +130.3% |
| 2001 | 1,346 t | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1,259 t | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 399 t | -68.3% |
| 2004 | 284 t | -28.8% |
| 2005 | 355 t | +25.0% |
| 2006 | 405 t | +14.1% |
| 2007 | 475 t | +17.3% |
| 2008 | 578 t | +21.7% |
| 2009 | 598 t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 657 t | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 577 t | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 618 t | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 778 t | +25.9% |
| 2014 | 824 t | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 931 t | +13.0% |
| 2016 | 804 t | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 861 t | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 836 t | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 910 t | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 1,010 t | +11.0% |
| 2021 | 1,163 t | +15.1% |
| 2022 | 1,187 t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,086 t | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 989 t | -8.9% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 989 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,646 t, 60% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 989 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 989 t, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +130.3% | 574 t | 1,322 t |
| 2003 | -68.3% | 1,259 t | 399 t |
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
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 4.07 % change on previous year (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 110th out of 200 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.
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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).