Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Africa
Africa: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.17 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Africa, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Africa recorded 0.17 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Africa peaked at 0.17 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.08 kg/cap, in 1993.
That places Africa 25th out of 42 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.099 kg/cap | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.103 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.137 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.168 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More environment data for Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.213 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 29.81 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value 652,409 1000 USD (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production 66.41 million m3 (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production 38.75 million t (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 26.92 million m3 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Africa?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Africa was 0.17 kg/cap in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.17 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 kg/cap in 1993.
- How does Africa rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Africa ranks 25th out of 42 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. 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).