Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.6 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 5.3% on the previous year and up 106.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.18 g/Int$, in 2001.
Burkina Faso ranks 106th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.34 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.24 g/Int$ | -29.4% |
| 1992 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.24 g/Int$ | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.23 g/Int$ | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 0.28 g/Int$ | +21.7% |
| 1997 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +39.3% |
| 1998 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 0.38 g/Int$ | -13.6% |
| 2000 | 0.3 g/Int$ | -21.1% |
| 2001 | 0.18 g/Int$ | -40.0% |
| 2002 | 0.23 g/Int$ | +27.8% |
| 2003 | 0.29 g/Int$ | +26.1% |
| 2004 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +34.5% |
| 2005 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +12.8% |
| 2007 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 0.33 g/Int$ | -29.8% |
| 2009 | 0.27 g/Int$ | -18.2% |
| 2010 | 0.21 g/Int$ | -22.2% |
| 2011 | 0.23 g/Int$ | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 0.27 g/Int$ | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 0.29 g/Int$ | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 0.34 g/Int$ | +17.2% |
| 2016 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +26.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5 g/Int$ | +16.3% |
| 2018 | 0.49 g/Int$ | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -18.4% |
| 2020 | 0.41 g/Int$ | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 0.48 g/Int$ | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 0.51 g/Int$ | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 0.57 g/Int$ | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 0.6 g/Int$ | +5.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.303 g/Int$ | 0.23 g/Int$ | 0.44 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.329 g/Int$ | 0.18 g/Int$ | 0.47 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.341 g/Int$ | 0.21 g/Int$ | 0.5 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.514 g/Int$ | 0.41 g/Int$ | 0.6 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.18 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.331 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0001 million USD per person (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value, per 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Burkina Faso was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 g/Int$ in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.18 g/Int$ in 2001.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Burkina Faso ranks 106th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production. 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).