Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eritrea
Eritrea: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.04 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 0.04 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 Eritrea peaked at 0.08 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/ha, in 1993.
That places Eritrea 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0.01 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 0.01 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.01 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.01 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.08 kg/ha | +700.0% |
| 1998 | 0.04 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.05 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2002 | 0.05 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.05 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.04 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2006 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.04 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0286 kg/ha | 0.01 kg/ha | 0.08 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.044 kg/ha | 0.04 kg/ha | 0.05 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.04 kg/ha | 0.04 kg/ha | 0.04 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.04 kg/ha | 0.04 kg/ha | 0.04 kg/ha | 5 |
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More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 5.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0 kg/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 9.11 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area 691.36 1000 ha (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 53.83 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Eritrea?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Eritrea was 0.04 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.08 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Eritrea ranks 178th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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About this data
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).