Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kuwait
Kuwait: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.27 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kuwait, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 0.27 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024.
That represents a change of down 58.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kuwait peaked at 0.7 kg/cap in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.12 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Kuwait 113th out of 208 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.419 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 0.7 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.493 kg/cap | 0.35 kg/cap | 0.6 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.45 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.65 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.34 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 110 Lebanon 0.31 kg/cap compare
- 111 Gabon 0.29 kg/cap compare
- 112 Congo 0.28 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 Kuwait
- Standard Deviation 0.516 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 170,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 2,275 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 1,317 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 26,355 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 69,208 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 72,512 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 76,723 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kuwait?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Kuwait was 0.27 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7 kg/cap in 1996.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.12 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Kuwait rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Kuwait ranks 113th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kuwait 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).