Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Botswana

Botswana: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.5 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.5 kg/cap
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
79th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.58 kg/cap
in 2021
All-time low
0.11 kg/cap
in 1995
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Botswana, 1990–2024

0.10.20.30.40.50.61990200720241990: 0.27 kg/cap1991: 0.25 kg/cap1992: 0.23 kg/cap1993: 0.18 kg/cap1994: 0.14 kg/cap1995: 0.11 kg/cap1996: 0.11 kg/cap1997: 0.12 kg/cap1998: 0.14 kg/cap1999: 0.17 kg/cap2000: 0.22 kg/cap2001: 0.25 kg/cap2002: 0.25 kg/cap2003: 0.21 kg/cap2004: 0.17 kg/cap2005: 0.18 kg/cap2006: 0.22 kg/cap2007: 0.23 kg/cap2008: 0.22 kg/cap2009: 0.19 kg/cap2010: 0.19 kg/cap2011: 0.21 kg/cap2012: 0.22 kg/cap2013: 0.22 kg/cap2014: 0.22 kg/cap2015: 0.28 kg/cap2016: 0.33 kg/cap2017: 0.42 kg/cap2018: 0.38 kg/cap2019: 0.43 kg/cap2020: 0.5 kg/cap2021: 0.58 kg/cap2022: 0.58 kg/cap2023: 0.51 kg/cap2024: 0.5 kg/cap

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.

Analysis

Botswana recorded 0.5 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.

The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 127.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Botswana peaked at 0.58 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.11 kg/cap, in 1995.

Botswana ranks 79th of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.172 kg/cap 0.11 kg/cap 0.27 kg/cap 10
2000s 0.214 kg/cap 0.17 kg/cap 0.25 kg/cap 10
2010s 0.29 kg/cap 0.19 kg/cap 0.43 kg/cap 10
2020s 0.534 kg/cap 0.5 kg/cap 0.58 kg/cap 5

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 77 El Salvador 0.52 kg/cap compare
  2. 77 Ukraine 0.52 kg/cap compare
  3. 79 Mexico 0.5 kg/cap compare
  4. 81 Belgium 0.47 kg/cap compare
  5. 81 Romania 0.47 kg/cap compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Botswana?
Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Botswana was 0.5 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 Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 0.58 kg/cap in 2021.
What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.11 kg/cap in 1995.
How does Botswana rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Botswana ranks 79th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is up 127.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Botswana 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

Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 8,019 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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).