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 186th of 208 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.05 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
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.07 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 120.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 418 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 29.09 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 58.87 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 5,600 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.87 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 82.56 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 40.26 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 3,830 1000 ha (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 186th out of 208 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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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).