Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.18 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Burkina Faso is 0.18 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 80.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.18 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.05 kg/cap, in 1991.
Burkina Faso ranks 128th of 192 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.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.06 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 0.08 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 1998 | 0.1 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 0.09 kg/cap | -10.0% |
| 2000 | 0.06 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 0.08 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 0.1 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.11 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.13 kg/cap | +18.2% |
| 2007 | 0.12 kg/cap | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 0.1 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 0.07 kg/cap | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.07 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 2013 | 0.09 kg/cap | +28.6% |
| 2014 | 0.1 kg/cap | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 0.11 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.14 kg/cap | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 0.15 kg/cap | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 0.15 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.13 kg/cap | -13.3% |
| 2020 | 0.13 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.14 kg/cap | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.16 kg/cap | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 0.17 kg/cap | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 0.18 kg/cap | +5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.064 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.088 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.106 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.156 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.2778 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0005 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate -3.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Burkina Faso?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Burkina Faso was 0.18 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.18 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 kg/cap in 1991.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 128th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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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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).