Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Benin
Benin: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.62 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Benin, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Benin stood at 0.62 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 376.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Benin peaked at 0.62 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.07 kg/cap, in 2005.
That places Benin 62nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.218 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.132 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 0.24 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.213 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.45 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.486 kg/cap | 0.38 kg/cap | 0.62 kg/cap | 5 |
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More environment data for Benin
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.56 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 24.33 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 200 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.88 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 11.31 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 550 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 13.74 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 668.34 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 74.95 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,646 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Benin?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Benin was 0.62 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 Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 0.62 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 kg/cap in 2005.
- How does Benin rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Benin ranks 62nd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is up 376.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Benin 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).