Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Ghana
Ghana: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 3.49 g/Int$ in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Ghana, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 3.49 g/Int$ 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 13.7% on the previous year and up 642.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Ghana peaked at 3.49 g/Int$ in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.01 g/Int$, in 1993.
Ghana ranks 19th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Ghana, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.02 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.01 g/Int$ | -50.0% |
| 1994 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 0.01 g/Int$ | -50.0% |
| 1996 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +2900.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1 g/Int$ | -66.7% |
| 1998 | 0.05 g/Int$ | -50.0% |
| 1999 | 0.02 g/Int$ | -60.0% |
| 2000 | 0.01 g/Int$ | -50.0% |
| 2001 | 0.01 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.01 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +100.0% |
| 2004 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.02 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.1 g/Int$ | +400.0% |
| 2007 | 0.02 g/Int$ | -80.0% |
| 2008 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.14 g/Int$ | +250.0% |
| 2011 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +71.4% |
| 2012 | 0.32 g/Int$ | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4 g/Int$ | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +63.8% |
| 2016 | 0.8 g/Int$ | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.78 g/Int$ | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.36 g/Int$ | +74.4% |
| 2019 | 1.89 g/Int$ | +39.0% |
| 2020 | 2.39 g/Int$ | +26.5% |
| 2021 | 2.77 g/Int$ | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 2.13 g/Int$ | -23.1% |
| 2023 | 3.07 g/Int$ | +44.1% |
| 2024 | 3.49 g/Int$ | +13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.057 g/Int$ | 0.01 g/Int$ | 0.3 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.029 g/Int$ | 0.01 g/Int$ | 0.1 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.717 g/Int$ | 0.14 g/Int$ | 1.89 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.77 g/Int$ | 2.13 g/Int$ | 3.49 g/Int$ | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Ghana?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Ghana was 3.49 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 3.49 g/Int$ in 2024.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 g/Int$ in 1993.
- How does Ghana rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Ghana ranks 19th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 642.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ghana 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).