Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production was 0.46 g/Int$ in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/Int$.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 0.46 g/Int$ for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 0.69 g/Int$ in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.11 g/Int$, in 2002.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 120th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | g/Int$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.41 g/Int$ | — |
| 1991 | 0.39 g/Int$ | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 0.3 g/Int$ | -23.1% |
| 1993 | 0.29 g/Int$ | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 0.28 g/Int$ | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 0.3 g/Int$ | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 0.26 g/Int$ | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 0.22 g/Int$ | -15.4% |
| 1998 | 0.21 g/Int$ | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 0.21 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.15 g/Int$ | -28.6% |
| 2001 | 0.12 g/Int$ | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 0.11 g/Int$ | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 0.15 g/Int$ | +36.4% |
| 2004 | 0.15 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.19 g/Int$ | +26.7% |
| 2006 | 0.18 g/Int$ | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 0.32 g/Int$ | +77.8% |
| 2008 | 0.37 g/Int$ | +15.6% |
| 2009 | 0.44 g/Int$ | +18.9% |
| 2010 | 0.54 g/Int$ | +22.7% |
| 2011 | 0.58 g/Int$ | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 0.69 g/Int$ | +19.0% |
| 2013 | 0.53 g/Int$ | -23.2% |
| 2014 | 0.53 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.55 g/Int$ | +3.8% |
| 2016 | 0.51 g/Int$ | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.51 g/Int$ | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.54 g/Int$ | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.59 g/Int$ | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 0.68 g/Int$ | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 0.67 g/Int$ | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.58 g/Int$ | -13.4% |
| 2023 | 0.47 g/Int$ | -19.0% |
| 2024 | 0.46 g/Int$ | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.287 g/Int$ | 0.21 g/Int$ | 0.41 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.218 g/Int$ | 0.11 g/Int$ | 0.44 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.557 g/Int$ | 0.51 g/Int$ | 0.69 g/Int$ | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.572 g/Int$ | 0.46 g/Int$ | 0.68 g/Int$ | 5 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 -6.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0001 million USD per person (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 63.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value, per 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.46 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.69 g/Int$ in 2012.
- What is the lowest pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 g/Int$ in 2002.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 120th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pesticides (total) — use per value of agricultural production rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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).