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 40th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
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
- 37 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.02 kg/cap compare
- 38 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 39 Mauritius 0.99 kg/cap compare
- 41 Latvia 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Lesotho 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Seychelles 0.97 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Eswatini
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 25.26 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 49.85 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 16 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 58.14 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 83.52 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 1.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20.38 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.78 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 177 1000 ha (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 40th out of 208 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).