Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eritrea
Eritrea: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.01 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eritrea stood at 0.01 kg/cap. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eritrea peaked at 0.01 kg/cap in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1993.
Eritrea ranks 179th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1994 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1995 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1996 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1997 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 1998 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.01 kg/cap is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.04 kg/cap, 25% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.01 kg/cap is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 8% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0043 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 7 |
| 2000s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 178 Madagascar 0.02 kg/cap compare
- 179 Central African Republic 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 179 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 179 Guinea 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 179 Iceland 0.01 kg/cap compare
- 179 Iraq 0.01 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Eritrea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -12.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6471 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
- 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 0.3665 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eritrea?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eritrea was 0.01 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 1997.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Eritrea ranks 179th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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).