Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 254,455 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Africa is 254,455 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.3% on the previous year and up 133.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Africa peaked at 283,561 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32,617 t, in 2003.
Eastern Africa ranks 24th 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) — Import quantity in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 66,549 t | — |
| 1991 | 70,586 t | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 71,426 t | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 63,024 t | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 64,569 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 117,279 t | +81.6% |
| 1996 | 41,702 t | -64.4% |
| 1997 | 36,285 t | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 37,071 t | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 44,917 t | +21.2% |
| 2000 | 40,709 t | -9.4% |
| 2001 | 38,100 t | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 33,977 t | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 32,617 t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 132,603 t | +306.5% |
| 2005 | 43,099 t | -67.5% |
| 2006 | 52,284 t | +21.3% |
| 2007 | 49,460 t | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 49,326 t | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 56,086 t | +13.7% |
| 2010 | 62,395 t | +11.2% |
| 2011 | 72,776 t | +16.6% |
| 2012 | 93,709 t | +28.8% |
| 2013 | 95,593 t | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 108,929 t | +14.0% |
| 2015 | 118,294 t | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 144,523 t | +22.2% |
| 2017 | 119,093 t | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 166,846 t | +40.1% |
| 2019 | 158,512 t | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 188,825 t | +19.1% |
| 2021 | 177,900 t | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 153,592 t | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 283,561 t | +84.6% |
| 2024 | 254,455 t | -10.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +306.5% | 32,617 t | 132,603 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 61,341 t | 36,285 t | 117,279 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,826 t | 32,617 t | 132,603 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 114,067 t | 62,395 t | 166,846 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 211,667 t | 153,592 t | 283,561 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
More environment data for Eastern Africa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.229 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 107,047 million USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 97,059 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production 4.52 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 17.47 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 11.13 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Africa?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Eastern Africa was 254,455 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 283,561 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,617 t in 2003.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Eastern Africa ranks 24th out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Import 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.