Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.14 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Rwanda, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Rwanda stood at 0.14 kg/cap.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.7% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Rwanda peaked at 0.21 kg/cap in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 1991.
Rwanda ranks 143rd of 208 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 0.021 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.032 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.12 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.142 kg/cap | 0.02 kg/cap | 0.21 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.16 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 140 Mayotte 0.16 kg/cap compare
- 140 Montenegro 0.16 kg/cap compare
- 142 Greenland 0.15 kg/cap compare
- 143 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.14 kg/cap compare
- 143 Melanesia 0.14 kg/cap compare
- 146 Algeria 0.13 kg/cap compare
- 146 Haiti 0.13 kg/cap compare
- 146 Mauritania 0.13 kg/cap compare
- 146 Norway 0.13 kg/cap compare
- 146 Zimbabwe 0.13 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Rwanda
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.51 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 8.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 166.8 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 5.24 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 6.92 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 124.5 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 28.43 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 511.17 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 64.65 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 1,162 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Rwanda?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Rwanda was 0.14 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.21 kg/cap in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 1991.
- How does Rwanda rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Rwanda ranks 143rd out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda 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).