Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda
Rwanda: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.59 g/Int$ in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda is 0.59 g/Int$, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda peaked at 0.88 g/Int$ in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.03 g/Int$, in 2001.
Rwanda ranks 109th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.08 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.05 g/Int$ | -37.5% |
| 1992 | 0.04 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 1993 | 0.08 g/Int$ | +100.0% |
| 1994 | 0.14 g/Int$ | +75.0% |
| 1995 | 0.14 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.14 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.15 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.09 g/Int$ | -40.0% |
| 1999 | 0.08 g/Int$ | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 0.07 g/Int$ | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 0.03 g/Int$ | -57.1% |
| 2002 | 0.04 g/Int$ | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 0.06 g/Int$ | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 0.07 g/Int$ | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 0.09 g/Int$ | +28.6% |
| 2006 | 0.11 g/Int$ | +22.2% |
| 2007 | 0.15 g/Int$ | +36.4% |
| 2008 | 0.12 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 0.39 g/Int$ | +225.0% |
| 2010 | 0.29 g/Int$ | -25.6% |
| 2011 | 0.05 g/Int$ | -82.8% |
| 2012 | 0.25 g/Int$ | +400.0% |
| 2013 | 0.55 g/Int$ | +120.0% |
| 2014 | 0.77 g/Int$ | +40.0% |
| 2015 | 0.88 g/Int$ | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 0.71 g/Int$ | -19.3% |
| 2017 | 0.68 g/Int$ | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 0.65 g/Int$ | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 0.64 g/Int$ | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.65 g/Int$ | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.62 g/Int$ | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 0.62 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.62 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.59 g/Int$ | -4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.099 g/Int$ | 0.04 g/Int$ | 0.15 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.113 g/Int$ | 0.03 g/Int$ | 0.39 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.547 g/Int$ | 0.05 g/Int$ | 0.88 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.62 g/Int$ | 0.59 g/Int$ | 0.65 g/Int$ | 5 |
Countries ranked near Rwanda
- 106 Burkina Faso 0.6 g/Int$ compare
- 106 Mozambique 0.6 g/Int$ compare
- 106 Tunisia 0.6 g/Int$ compare
- 110 Togo 0.58 g/Int$ compare
- 111 Switzerland 0.57 g/Int$ compare
- 112 Montenegro 0.56 g/Int$ compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate -31.63 % change on previous year (2013)
- Standard Deviation 0.268 °C (2013)
- Temperature change 1.35 °C (2013)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 54.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, per capita 0.0013 t per person (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, annual growth rate 31.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Rwanda was 0.59 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.88 g/Int$ in 2015.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.03 g/Int$ in 2001.
- How does Rwanda rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Rwanda ranks 109th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Rwanda 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).