Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kuwait

Kuwait: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.27 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.27 kg/cap
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
113th
of 208 countries
All-time high
0.7 kg/cap
in 1996
All-time low
0.12 kg/cap
in 1990
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Kuwait, 1990–2024

0.20.40.61990200720241990: 0.12 kg/cap1991: 0.21 kg/cap1992: 0.21 kg/cap1993: 0.3 kg/cap1994: 0.5 kg/cap1995: 0.66 kg/cap1996: 0.7 kg/cap1997: 0.58 kg/cap1998: 0.5 kg/cap1999: 0.41 kg/cap2000: 0.35 kg/cap2001: 0.4 kg/cap2002: 0.54 kg/cap2003: 0.6 kg/cap2004: 0.56 kg/cap2005: 0.51 kg/cap2006: 0.54 kg/cap2007: 0.54 kg/cap2008: 0.49 kg/cap2009: 0.4 kg/cap2010: 0.42 kg/cap2011: 0.49 kg/cap2012: 0.59 kg/cap2013: 0.65 kg/cap2014: 0.65 kg/cap2015: 0.53 kg/cap2016: 0.36 kg/cap2017: 0.25 kg/cap2018: 0.26 kg/cap2019: 0.3 kg/cap2020: 0.34 kg/cap2021: 0.32 kg/cap2022: 0.3 kg/cap2023: 0.27 kg/cap2024: 0.27 kg/cap

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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 110 Lebanon 0.31 kg/cap compare
  2. 111 Gabon 0.29 kg/cap compare
  3. 112 Congo 0.28 kg/cap compare
  4. 114 Dominican Republic 0.25 kg/cap compare
  5. 114 Kiribati 0.25 kg/cap compare
  6. 114 Palestine 0.25 kg/cap compare
  7. 114 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.25 kg/cap compare
  8. 114 Caribbean 0.25 kg/cap compare

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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

Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 8,019 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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).