Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ghana
Ghana: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 1.56 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Ghana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 1.56 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 12.2% on the previous year and up 721.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ghana peaked at 1.56 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1990.
Ghana ranks 19th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.015 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.297 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.82 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 kg/cap | 0.96 kg/cap | 1.56 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More environment data for Ghana
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.26 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.34 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 3,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 1,896 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 188 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 3,041 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 5,346 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 72,677 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ghana?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Ghana was 1.56 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 1.56 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Ghana ranks 19th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 721.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana 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).