Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Botswana
Botswana: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.5 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Botswana, 1990–2024
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More environment data for Botswana
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 10,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 10,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,165 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 491 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 129 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 147 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 11,474 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 10,702 t (2024)
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
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).