Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.17 g/Int$ in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo is 0.17 g/Int$, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 70.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 0.21 g/Int$ in 2001 and was at its lowest, 0.08 g/Int$, in 2020.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.17 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.17 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.16 g/Int$ | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 0.16 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.16 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.19 g/Int$ | +18.8% |
| 1996 | 0.19 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2 g/Int$ | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.19 g/Int$ | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2 g/Int$ | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 0.2 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 0.19 g/Int$ | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.12 g/Int$ | -36.8% |
| 2011 | 0.12 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.12 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.11 g/Int$ | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1 g/Int$ | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.1 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.1 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.09 g/Int$ | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 0.09 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.08 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 0.08 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.11 g/Int$ | +37.5% |
| 2023 | 0.14 g/Int$ | +27.3% |
| 2024 | 0.17 g/Int$ | +21.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.179 g/Int$ | 0.16 g/Int$ | 0.2 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.206 g/Int$ | 0.19 g/Int$ | 0.21 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.105 g/Int$ | 0.09 g/Int$ | 0.12 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.116 g/Int$ | 0.08 g/Int$ | 0.17 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 10 Panama 7.64 g/Int$ compare
- 10 Melanesia 0.4 g/Int$ compare
- 11 Naoero 7.63 g/Int$ compare
- 12 French Polynesia 7.53 g/Int$ compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 0.24 g/Int$ compare
- 13 Qatar 6.58 g/Int$ compare
- 14 Cook Islands 6.39 g/Int$ compare
- 14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.15 g/Int$ compare
- 15 Belize 6.28 g/Int$ compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.03 g/Int$ compare
- 16 Suriname 5.33 g/Int$ compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 0 g/Int$ compare
More environment data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -10.22 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.193 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 8.03 % (2024)
- Agriculture — Area 36,710 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 226,705 1000 ha (2024)
- Country area — Area 234,541 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 5.43 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 0.17 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 0.21 g/Int$ in 2001.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 g/Int$ in 2020.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 13th out of 16 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 70.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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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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).