Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.07 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Cabo Verde, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cabo Verde recorded 0.07 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Cabo Verde peaked at 0.17 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/ha, in 1995.
Cabo Verde ranks 24th of 25 countries on this measure, 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 Cabo Verde, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.02 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.02 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.02 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.04 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 0.01 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 1996 | 0.01 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 kg/ha | +200.0% |
| 1998 | 0.11 kg/ha | +266.7% |
| 1999 | 0.17 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 2001 | 0.07 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2002 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.07 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.045 kg/ha | 0.01 kg/ha | 0.17 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.073 kg/ha | 0.07 kg/ha | 0.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.07 kg/ha | 0.07 kg/ha | 0.07 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.07 kg/ha | 0.07 kg/ha | 0.07 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cabo Verde
- 21 Bahamas 16.19 kg/ha compare
- 22 Suriname 14.01 kg/ha compare
- 23 Malta 13.75 kg/ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 13.58 kg/ha compare
- 25 Republic of Korea 13.03 kg/ha compare
- 26 Brunei Darussalam 12.59 kg/ha compare
- 27 Palestine, State of 11.91 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Cabo Verde
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.02 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.65 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.422 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Area 72.43 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 18.59 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.14 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2.47 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 25 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Cabo Verde?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Cabo Verde was 0.07 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 Cabo Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Cabo Verde rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Cabo Verde ranks 24th out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Cabo Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cabo Verde 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).