Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Senegal
Senegal: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.03 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Senegal, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Senegal stood at 0.03 kg/cap.
The figure is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Senegal peaked at 0.06 kg/cap in 1994 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kg/cap, in 2017.
Senegal ranks 174th of 192 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.05 kg/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.04 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 0.06 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.03 kg/cap | -40.0% |
| 2002 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.04 kg/cap | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.04 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.05 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.05 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2011 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.06 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.05 kg/cap | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 0.04 kg/cap | -20.0% |
| 2015 | 0.05 kg/cap | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 0.06 kg/cap | +20.0% |
| 2017 | 0.01 kg/cap | -83.3% |
| 2018 | 0.02 kg/cap | +100.0% |
| 2019 | 0.03 kg/cap | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.03 kg/cap | +0.0% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 0.03 kg/cap is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.16 kg/cap, 19% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 0.03 kg/cap is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.12 kg/cap, 25% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.05 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.041 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.05 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.044 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.06 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 0.03 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 -0.1647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Senegal?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Senegal was 0.03 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.06 kg/cap in 1994.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kg/cap in 2017.
- How does Senegal rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Senegal ranks 174th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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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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).