Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eswatini
Eswatini: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.98 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eswatini, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eswatini stood at 0.98 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 113.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eswatini peaked at 1.18 kg/cap in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.17 kg/cap, in 2009.
Eswatini ranks 36th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.85 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.82 kg/cap | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.79 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 0.76 kg/cap | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.76 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.76 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.75 kg/cap | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.69 kg/cap | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 0.67 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 0.55 kg/cap | -17.9% |
| 2000 | 0.53 kg/cap | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.43 kg/cap | -18.9% |
| 2002 | 0.72 kg/cap | +67.4% |
| 2003 | 0.9 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 1.18 kg/cap | +31.1% |
| 2005 | 1.01 kg/cap | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 0.78 kg/cap | -22.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4 kg/cap | -48.7% |
| 2008 | 0.18 kg/cap | -55.0% |
| 2009 | 0.17 kg/cap | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 0.44 kg/cap | +158.8% |
| 2011 | 0.53 kg/cap | +20.5% |
| 2012 | 0.52 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.41 kg/cap | -21.2% |
| 2014 | 0.46 kg/cap | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 0.51 kg/cap | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 0.59 kg/cap | +15.7% |
| 2017 | 0.75 kg/cap | +27.1% |
| 2018 | 0.89 kg/cap | +18.7% |
| 2019 | 0.97 kg/cap | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 1.04 kg/cap | +7.2% |
| 2021 | 1.06 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1.04 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.99 kg/cap | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 0.98 kg/cap | -1.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 0.98 kg/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 6.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 0.98 kg/cap is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 8.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +158.8% | 0.17 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.74 kg/cap | 0.55 kg/cap | 0.85 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.63 kg/cap | 0.17 kg/cap | 1.18 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.607 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 0.97 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.02 kg/cap | 0.98 kg/cap | 1.06 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2772 % 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 -2.19 % 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 Eswatini?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Eswatini was 0.98 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 1.18 kg/cap in 2004.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 kg/cap in 2009.
- How does Eswatini rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Eswatini ranks 36th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).