Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita was 0.13 kg/cap in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita in Zimbabwe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Zimbabwe stood at 0.13 kg/cap. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per capita in Zimbabwe peaked at 0.65 kg/cap in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.13 kg/cap, in 2023.
Zimbabwe ranks 146th 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 | 0.304 kg/cap | 0.15 kg/cap | 0.65 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.181 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 0.25 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.136 kg/cap | 0.13 kg/cap | 0.14 kg/cap | 5 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More environment data for Zimbabwe
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 5.36 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 218.21 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 391 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 78.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 14,523 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.25 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 47.1 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 21.63 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 4,020 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per capita in Zimbabwe?
- Pesticides (total) — use per capita in Zimbabwe was 0.13 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.65 kg/cap in 1991.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per capita recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.13 kg/cap in 2023.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Zimbabwe ranks 146th out of 208 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per capita rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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).