Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.05 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Equatorial Guinea, 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 Equatorial Guinea is 0.05 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 68.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 0.2 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 1990.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 163rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.04 kg/cap | +300.0% |
| 1994 | 0.09 kg/cap | +125.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1 kg/cap | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 0.09 kg/cap | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 0.04 kg/cap | -55.6% |
| 1998 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.03 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 0.02 kg/cap | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 0.01 kg/cap | -50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2005 | 0.07 kg/cap | +75.0% |
| 2006 | 0.13 kg/cap | +85.7% |
| 2007 | 0.17 kg/cap | +30.8% |
| 2008 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.17 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.18 kg/cap | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 0.2 kg/cap | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 0.19 kg/cap | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 0.18 kg/cap | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.16 kg/cap | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 0.11 kg/cap | -31.2% |
| 2016 | 0.08 kg/cap | -27.3% |
| 2017 | 0.07 kg/cap | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2022 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.05 kg/cap is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.51 kg/cap, 10% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 0.05 kg/cap is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 42% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Equatorial Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +300.0% | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap |
| 1994 | +125.0% | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap |
| 2003 | +100.0% | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap |
| 2004 | +100.0% | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.047 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.1 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.083 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.131 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.056 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 160 Malawi 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 160 New Caledonia 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 160 Tajikistan 0.06 kg/cap compare
- 163 Azerbaijan 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Jordan 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 North Macedonia 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Solomon Islands 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Thailand 0.05 kg/cap compare
- 163 Vanuatu 0.05 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.21 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.6536 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Equatorial Guinea?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Equatorial Guinea was 0.05 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 163rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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).