Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.5 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.4% on the previous year and up 108.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.5 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Burkina Faso 150th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.13 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.13 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.12 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 0.12 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.12 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.11 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 0.14 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 0.19 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1998 | 0.24 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2000 | 0.14 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2002 | 0.14 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 2003 | 0.19 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 2004 | 0.24 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2005 | 0.27 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.29 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 0.24 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 0.18 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 0.16 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2011 | 0.16 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.18 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.22 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2014 | 0.24 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.27 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2016 | 0.35 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2017 | 0.38 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 0.39 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 0.34 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2020 | 0.34 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.36 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 0.41 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2023 | 0.47 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2024 | 0.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.15 kg/ha | 0.11 kg/ha | 0.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.209 kg/ha | 0.1 kg/ha | 0.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.269 kg/ha | 0.16 kg/ha | 0.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.416 kg/ha | 0.34 kg/ha | 0.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Burkina Faso was 0.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Burkina Faso ranks 150th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 108.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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).