Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho
Lesotho: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 2.8 g/Int$ in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 2.8 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3,400.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho peaked at 2.8 g/Int$ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.01 g/Int$, in 1999.
Lesotho ranks 27th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.03 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.05 g/Int$ | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 0.04 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.03 g/Int$ | -25.0% |
| 1995 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +33.3% |
| 1996 | 0.03 g/Int$ | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 0.03 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.03 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.01 g/Int$ | -66.7% |
| 2000 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +300.0% |
| 2001 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.16 g/Int$ | +300.0% |
| 2003 | 0.15 g/Int$ | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 0.17 g/Int$ | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 0.08 g/Int$ | -52.9% |
| 2006 | 0.12 g/Int$ | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 0.12 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1 g/Int$ | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 0.08 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 2010 | 0.04 g/Int$ | -50.0% |
| 2011 | 0.07 g/Int$ | +75.0% |
| 2012 | 0.08 g/Int$ | +14.3% |
| 2013 | 0.11 g/Int$ | +37.5% |
| 2014 | 0.08 g/Int$ | -27.3% |
| 2015 | 0.29 g/Int$ | +262.5% |
| 2016 | 0.43 g/Int$ | +48.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4 g/Int$ | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 0.34 g/Int$ | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 0.66 g/Int$ | +94.1% |
| 2020 | 1.4 g/Int$ | +112.1% |
| 2021 | 0.75 g/Int$ | -46.4% |
| 2022 | 1.54 g/Int$ | +105.3% |
| 2023 | 2.8 g/Int$ | +81.8% |
| 2024 | 2.8 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.033 g/Int$ | 0.01 g/Int$ | 0.05 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.106 g/Int$ | 0.04 g/Int$ | 0.17 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.25 g/Int$ | 0.04 g/Int$ | 0.66 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.86 g/Int$ | 0.75 g/Int$ | 2.8 g/Int$ | 5 |
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- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Lesotho was 2.8 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8 g/Int$ in 2023.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 g/Int$ in 1999.
- How does Lesotho rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Lesotho ranks 27th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,400.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho 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).