Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Kenya
Kenya: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.39 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Kenya, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
In 2024, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Kenya stood at 0.39 g/Int$.
That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Kenya peaked at 0.51 g/Int$ in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.07 g/Int$, in 1990.
That places Kenya 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Kenya, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.07 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.13 g/Int$ | +85.7% |
| 1992 | 0.18 g/Int$ | +38.5% |
| 1993 | 0.19 g/Int$ | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +147.4% |
| 1995 | 0.47 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.51 g/Int$ | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 0.24 g/Int$ | -52.9% |
| 1998 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2 g/Int$ | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.18 g/Int$ | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 0.18 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.18 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.18 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.19 g/Int$ | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 0.16 g/Int$ | -15.8% |
| 2008 | 0.18 g/Int$ | +12.5% |
| 2009 | 0.17 g/Int$ | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2 g/Int$ | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 0.24 g/Int$ | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +25.0% |
| 2013 | 0.32 g/Int$ | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 0.33 g/Int$ | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 0.34 g/Int$ | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.36 g/Int$ | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 0.42 g/Int$ | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.36 g/Int$ | -18.2% |
| 2021 | 0.32 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 0.32 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.36 g/Int$ | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.274 g/Int$ | 0.07 g/Int$ | 0.51 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.186 g/Int$ | 0.16 g/Int$ | 0.24 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.339 g/Int$ | 0.2 g/Int$ | 0.44 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.35 g/Int$ | 0.32 g/Int$ | 0.39 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kenya
- 124 Belarus 0.42 g/Int$ compare
- 124 Luxembourg 0.42 g/Int$ compare
- 126 Saudi Arabia 0.4 g/Int$ compare
- 127 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.39 g/Int$ compare
- 127 Greece 0.39 g/Int$ compare
- 130 Denmark 0.38 g/Int$ compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
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- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 21.71 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Kenya?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Kenya was 0.39 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 Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.51 g/Int$ in 1996.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.07 g/Int$ in 1990.
- How does Kenya rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Kenya ranks 127th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kenya 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).