Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Lesotho
Lesotho: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.97 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 0.97 kg/cap for pesticides (total) — use per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 234.5% on the previous year and up 9,600.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Lesotho peaked at 0.97 kg/cap in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1990.
That places Lesotho 37th out of 192 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1992 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1993 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1994 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1995 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1996 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1997 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1998 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 1999 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2000 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2001 | 0 kg/cap | — |
| 2002 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2003 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0 kg/cap | -100.0% |
| 2011 | 0.01 kg/cap | — |
| 2012 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.01 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.03 kg/cap | +200.0% |
| 2016 | 0.04 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.03 kg/cap | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.05 kg/cap | +66.7% |
| 2020 | 0.1 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2021 | 0.06 kg/cap | -40.0% |
| 2022 | 0.14 kg/cap | +133.3% |
| 2023 | 0.29 kg/cap | +107.1% |
| 2024 | 0.97 kg/cap | +234.5% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 0.97 kg/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 6.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 0.97 kg/cap is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 8.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.008 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.023 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.312 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 0.97 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 34 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 35 Mauritius 0.99 kg/cap compare
- 36 Eswatini 0.98 kg/cap compare
- 37 Latvia 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 37 Seychelles 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 40 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.521 % 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 -2.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e), annual -0.4197 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Lesotho?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Lesotho was 0.97 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 0.97 kg/cap in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Lesotho ranks 37th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9,600.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).