Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Namibia
Namibia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.33 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 0.33 kg/cap, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 10.8% on the previous year and down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Namibia peaked at 0.73 kg/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.15 kg/cap, in 2004.
Namibia ranks 103rd of 208 countries on this measure, 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 | 0.367 kg/cap | 0.32 kg/cap | 0.42 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.368 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.73 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.329 kg/cap | 0.27 kg/cap | 0.39 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.378 kg/cap | 0.33 kg/cap | 0.41 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 20,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 20,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 215 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 17 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 138 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 109 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 28,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 28,889 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Namibia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Namibia was 0.33 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.73 kg/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.15 kg/cap in 2004.
- How does Namibia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Namibia ranks 103rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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).