Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade)
Africa (excluding intra-trade): Pesticides (total) — Export quantity was 9,495 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade), 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Africa (excluding intra-trade) recorded 9,495 t for pesticides (total) — export quantity in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.5% on the previous year and down 42.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade) peaked at 29,256 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 466.22 t, in 1999.
Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 33rd of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,525 t | — |
| 1991 | 3,610 t | +136.6% |
| 1992 | 2,051 t | -43.2% |
| 1993 | 1,579 t | -23.0% |
| 1994 | 3,442 t | +118.0% |
| 1995 | 2,475 t | -28.1% |
| 1996 | 2,436 t | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 1,980 t | -18.7% |
| 1998 | 1,757 t | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 466.22 t | -73.5% |
| 2000 | 25,171 t | +5299.0% |
| 2001 | 29,256 t | +16.2% |
| 2002 | 18,580 t | -36.5% |
| 2003 | 18,305 t | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 25,696 t | +40.4% |
| 2005 | 21,641 t | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 10,465 t | -51.6% |
| 2007 | 7,908 t | -24.4% |
| 2008 | 12,768 t | +61.5% |
| 2009 | 15,316 t | +20.0% |
| 2010 | 11,918 t | -22.2% |
| 2011 | 17,667 t | +48.2% |
| 2012 | 17,578 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 19,646 t | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 16,558 t | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 17,895 t | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 12,095 t | -32.4% |
| 2017 | 18,140 t | +50.0% |
| 2018 | 21,977 t | +21.1% |
| 2019 | 21,949 t | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 23,268 t | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 12,949 t | -44.3% |
| 2022 | 14,170 t | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 10,151 t | -28.4% |
| 2024 | 9,495 t | -6.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade) 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 | +5299.0% | 466.22 t | 25,171 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,132 t | 466.22 t | 3,610 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,511 t | 7,908 t | 29,256 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,542 t | 11,918 t | 21,977 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,006 t | 9,495 t | 23,268 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa (excluding intra-trade)
More environment data for Africa (excluding intra-trade)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, gaps filled 75,981 1000 USD (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 41.29 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 1.78 million t (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 2.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 737,848 t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Export quantity, gaps filled 7.12 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, annual growth rate 3.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, gaps filled 3.77 million t (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value, annual growth rate -3.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pesticides (total) — Export value 75,981 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Pesticides (total) — export quantity in Africa (excluding intra-trade) was 9,495 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — export quantity recorded in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The highest recorded value was 29,256 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — export quantity recorded in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- The lowest recorded value was 466.22 t in 1999.
- How does Africa (excluding intra-trade) rank for pesticides (total) — export quantity?
- Africa (excluding intra-trade) ranks 33rd out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — export quantity rising or falling in Africa (excluding intra-trade)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Africa (excluding intra-trade) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Export quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Pesticides Trade domain contains data on internationally traded pesticides (values and quantities). Data are sourced from international and national trade statistics, predominantly from UN COMTRADE (from 1990 onwards) or from national country trade tapes (1961-1990). Data for the period 1961-1989 cover only Import and Export values (FAOSTAT element codes 5622 and 5922). Data from 1990 onwards also include Import and Export quantities (codes 5610 and 5910) and include a complete time-series for Pesticides (total). The domain contains information on the trade of pesticides products in either: a) finished forms and/or packaging; or b) separate chemically-defined compounds relevant to the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade.