Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Gabon
Gabon: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.29 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Gabon, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Gabon stood at 0.29 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 19.4% on the previous year and down 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Gabon peaked at 0.62 kg/cap in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.18 kg/cap, in 2003.
That places Gabon 111th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.285 kg/cap | 0.2 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3 kg/cap | 0.18 kg/cap | 0.43 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.512 kg/cap | 0.44 kg/cap | 0.62 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.402 kg/cap | 0.29 kg/cap | 0.48 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gabon
- 108 Bhutan 0.32 kg/cap compare
- 108 Brunei Darussalam 0.32 kg/cap compare
- 110 Lebanon 0.31 kg/cap compare
- 112 Congo 0.28 kg/cap compare
- 113 Kuwait 0.27 kg/cap compare
- 114 Dominican Republic 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 114 Kiribati 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 114 Palestine 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 114 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.25 kg/cap compare
- 114 Caribbean 0.25 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Gabon
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.9 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 4.45 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 4.96 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 72.08 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 1,278 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 9.59 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 170 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 18.33 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 325 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Gabon?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Gabon was 0.29 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 Gabon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.62 kg/cap in 2017.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Gabon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 kg/cap in 2003.
- How does Gabon rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Gabon ranks 111th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Gabon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gabon 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).