Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Nigeria
Nigeria: Pesticides (total) — Import quantity was 134,146 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Nigeria, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 134,146 t for pesticides (total) — import quantity in 2024.
The figure is up 11.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — import quantity in Nigeria peaked at 252,000 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,845 t, in 1992.
Nigeria ranks 13th of 217 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 9,658 t | — |
| 1991 | 9,658 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,845 t | -80.9% |
| 1993 | 3,309 t | +79.3% |
| 1994 | 3,622 t | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 3,935 t | +8.6% |
| 1996 | 12,210 t | +210.3% |
| 1997 | 20,484 t | +67.8% |
| 1998 | 51,652 t | +152.2% |
| 1999 | 8,261 t | -84.0% |
| 2000 | 7,498 t | -9.2% |
| 2001 | 16,856 t | +124.8% |
| 2002 | 15,383 t | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 28,905 t | +87.9% |
| 2004 | 36,086 t | +24.8% |
| 2005 | 43,267 t | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 50,448 t | +16.6% |
| 2007 | 21,659 t | -57.1% |
| 2008 | 11,360 t | -47.6% |
| 2009 | 65,708 t | +478.4% |
| 2010 | 77,238 t | +17.5% |
| 2011 | 84,572 t | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 100,834 t | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 103,748 t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 141,635 t | +36.5% |
| 2015 | 63,287 t | -55.3% |
| 2016 | 59,501 t | -6.0% |
| 2017 | 106,590 t | +79.1% |
| 2018 | 147,446 t | +38.3% |
| 2019 | 152,790 t | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 252,000 t | +64.9% |
| 2021 | 177,135 t | -29.7% |
| 2022 | 155,783 t | -12.1% |
| 2023 | 120,570 t | -22.6% |
| 2024 | 134,146 t | +11.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 134,146 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 9,887 t, 13.6× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 134,146 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 5,618 t, 23.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Import quantity in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +478.4% | 11,360 t | 65,708 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,464 t | 1,845 t | 51,652 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,717 t | 7,498 t | 65,708 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,764 t | 59,501 t | 152,790 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 167,927 t | 120,570 t | 252,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 10 India 170,038 t compare
- 10 Syrian Arab Republic 7,181 t compare
- 11 China 150,950 t compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 7,146 t compare
- 12 Italy 138,588 t compare
- 12 Melanesia 6,853 t compare
- 13 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6,139 t compare
- 14 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 122,959 t compare
- 14 Polynesia 2,804 t compare
- 15 Spain 115,716 t compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 443.53 t compare
- 16 Poland 112,416 t compare
- 16 Micronesia 276.36 t compare
More environment data for Nigeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.07 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.78 % 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 0.4617 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — import quantity in Nigeria?
- Pesticides (total) — import quantity in Nigeria was 134,146 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 252,000 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — import quantity recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,845 t in 1992.
- How does Nigeria rank for pesticides (total) — import quantity?
- Nigeria ranks 13th out of 217 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — import quantity rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.