Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Cameroon
Cameroon: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.33 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Cameroon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.33 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Cameroon peaked at 0.41 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1995.
Cameroon ranks 103rd of 208 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.075 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.122 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.241 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.368 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More environment data for Cameroon
- Standard Deviation 0.211 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.15 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 0 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,065 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 156 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 70 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 78 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 46,468 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 54,609 t (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value 38,142 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Cameroon?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Cameroon was 0.33 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 Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.41 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1995.
- How does Cameroon rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Cameroon ranks 103rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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).