Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eswatini
Eswatini: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 6.15 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eswatini, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 6.15 kg/ha for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 127.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Eswatini peaked at 6.6 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.97 kg/ha, in 2009.
That places Eswatini 50th out of 187 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.86 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 3.8 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 3.88 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 3.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 3.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 3.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 3.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3.63 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 3.56 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 2.97 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2000 | 2.89 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 2.36 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2002 | 3.95 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 2003 | 5.02 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2004 | 6.6 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2005 | 5.71 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2006 | 4.45 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2007 | 2.31 kg/ha | -48.1% |
| 2008 | 1.04 kg/ha | -55.0% |
| 2009 | 0.97 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 2.53 kg/ha | +160.8% |
| 2011 | 3.06 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2012 | 3.04 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.4 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2014 | 2.7 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 3.01 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2016 | 3.51 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2017 | 4.46 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2018 | 5.34 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2019 | 5.9 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 6.37 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 6.59 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 6.45 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 6.14 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 6.15 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.73 kg/ha | 2.97 kg/ha | 3.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.53 kg/ha | 0.97 kg/ha | 6.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.6 kg/ha | 2.4 kg/ha | 5.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.34 kg/ha | 6.14 kg/ha | 6.59 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Eswatini?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Eswatini was 6.15 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 6.6 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.97 kg/ha in 2009.
- How does Eswatini rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Eswatini ranks 50th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).