Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kenya
Kenya: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.12 kg/cap in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kenya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kenya is 0.12 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kenya peaked at 0.14 kg/cap in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.02 kg/cap, in 1990.
Kenya ranks 143rd of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kenya, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.02 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.04 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 0.06 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 1993 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.14 kg/cap | +133.3% |
| 1995 | 0.14 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.14 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.06 kg/cap | -57.1% |
| 1998 | 0.07 kg/cap | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.06 kg/cap | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2006 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 0.07 kg/cap | +40.0% |
| 2011 | 0.07 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.09 kg/cap | +28.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1 kg/cap | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.11 kg/cap | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 0.12 kg/cap | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 0.13 kg/cap | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 0.12 kg/cap | -7.7% |
| 2021 | 0.1 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2022 | 0.09 kg/cap | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 0.11 kg/cap | +22.2% |
| 2024 | 0.12 kg/cap | +9.1% |
Kenya compared with similar countries
- Kenya's 0.12 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 75% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kenya's 0.12 kg/cap is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kenya 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +133.3% | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap |
| 1991 | +100.0% | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.08 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.055 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.099 kg/cap | 0.07 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.108 kg/cap | 0.09 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
More environment data for Kenya
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.08 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.25 % 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 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kenya?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kenya was 0.12 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.14 kg/cap in 1994.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.02 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Kenya ranks 143rd out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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).