Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Somalia
Somalia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.04 kg/cap in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Somalia, 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 Somalia is 0.04 kg/cap, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Somalia peaked at 0.04 kg/cap in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/cap, in 1990.
Somalia ranks 165th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.001 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.006 kg/cap | 0 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.024 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 0.04 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 165 Guinea-Bissau 0.04 kg/cap compare
- 165 Nepal 0.04 kg/cap compare
- 165 Sierra Leone 0.04 kg/cap compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 2.49 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 17.7 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 30.15 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.07 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 43,000 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 1,032 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.06 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Somalia?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Somalia was 0.04 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.04 kg/cap in 2019.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/cap in 1990.
- How does Somalia rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Somalia ranks 165th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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).