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 151st of 208 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.
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
- 151 Egypt 0.12 kg/cap compare
- 153 Albania 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 153 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 153 Pakistan 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 153 Papua New Guinea 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 153 Timor-Leste 0.11 kg/cap compare
- 153 Togo 0.11 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Kenya
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.77 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 292.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,012 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 36.67 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 73.28 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 21,300 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.71 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 1,078 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 23.01 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 6,688 1000 ha (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 151st out of 208 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).