Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Yemen
Yemen: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland was 0.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland in Yemen, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Yemen stood at 0.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 41.2% on the previous year and down 90.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Yemen peaked at 1.02 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.06 kg/ha, in 1990.
Yemen ranks 176th of 187 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.06 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 0.11 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 1992 | 0.25 kg/ha | +127.3% |
| 1993 | 0.26 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.33 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1995 | 0.34 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 0.36 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 0.38 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1998 | 0.5 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1999 | 0.56 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2000 | 0.54 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.49 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2002 | 0.58 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2003 | 0.64 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2004 | 0.76 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 0.79 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 0.8 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0.62 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 0.46 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2009 | 0.38 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2010 | 0.44 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 0.56 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2012 | 0.64 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 1 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2014 | 1.02 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.95 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 0.52 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2018 | 0.58 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 2019 | 0.71 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2020 | 0.8 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 0.56 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 0.32 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 2023 | 0.17 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 2024 | 0.1 kg/ha | -41.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.315 kg/ha | 0.06 kg/ha | 0.56 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.606 kg/ha | 0.38 kg/ha | 0.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.682 kg/ha | 0.4 kg/ha | 1.02 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.39 kg/ha | 0.1 kg/ha | 0.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, annual growth rate 37.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Wood-based panels — Import quantity, per capita 0.0033 m3 per person (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, annual growth rate 23.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Yemen?
- Pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland in Yemen was 0.1 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1.02 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.06 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Yemen rank for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- Yemen ranks 176th out of 187 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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).