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 41st out of 208 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.
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
- 38 New Zealand 1.01 kg/cap compare
- 39 Mauritius 0.99 kg/cap compare
- 40 Eswatini 0.98 kg/cap compare
- 41 Latvia 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 41 Seychelles 0.97 kg/cap compare
- 44 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.92 kg/cap compare
- 44 Wallis and Futuna Islands 0.92 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Lesotho
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.45 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 2.64 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 73.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 79.33 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 2,237 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.21 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 6 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 20.46 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 577 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.25 ha/cap (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 41st out of 208 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).