Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini
Eswatini: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 2.43 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini is 2.43 g/Int$, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and up 113.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini peaked at 3.29 g/Int$ in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.45 g/Int$, in 2009.
That places Eswatini 33rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.91 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 1.91 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1.96 g/Int$ | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 2.07 g/Int$ | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 2.06 g/Int$ | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 2.16 g/Int$ | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 2.03 g/Int$ | -6.0% |
| 1997 | 1.93 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 1.93 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.53 g/Int$ | -20.7% |
| 2000 | 1.57 g/Int$ | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 1.32 g/Int$ | -15.9% |
| 2002 | 2 g/Int$ | +51.5% |
| 2003 | 2.56 g/Int$ | +28.0% |
| 2004 | 3.29 g/Int$ | +28.5% |
| 2005 | 2.68 g/Int$ | -18.5% |
| 2006 | 2.11 g/Int$ | -21.3% |
| 2007 | 1.11 g/Int$ | -47.4% |
| 2008 | 0.49 g/Int$ | -55.9% |
| 2009 | 0.45 g/Int$ | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 1.13 g/Int$ | +151.1% |
| 2011 | 1.33 g/Int$ | +17.7% |
| 2012 | 1.29 g/Int$ | -3.0% |
| 2013 | 1.01 g/Int$ | -21.7% |
| 2014 | 1.14 g/Int$ | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 1.28 g/Int$ | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 1.55 g/Int$ | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 1.91 g/Int$ | +23.2% |
| 2018 | 2.26 g/Int$ | +18.3% |
| 2019 | 2.48 g/Int$ | +9.7% |
| 2020 | 2.66 g/Int$ | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 2.86 g/Int$ | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 2.7 g/Int$ | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 2.6 g/Int$ | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 2.43 g/Int$ | -6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.95 g/Int$ | 1.53 g/Int$ | 2.16 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.76 g/Int$ | 0.45 g/Int$ | 3.29 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 g/Int$ | 1.01 g/Int$ | 2.48 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.65 g/Int$ | 2.43 g/Int$ | 2.86 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Eswatini was 2.43 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 3.29 g/Int$ in 2004.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.45 g/Int$ in 2009.
- How does Eswatini rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Eswatini ranks 33rd out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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).