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Table 3 Annual use of DDT by selected individual countries

From: Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Country Year
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Botswana   a        0 6 0    b
Eritrea 7 6 13 8 12a 16 27 31 10 14 17 0 0 0
Ethiopia 274 299 272 a 311 327 406 1200 1200 1350 0 0 0   
Gambia       a    17 11 11    b
India 4893 4273 5243 5092 5092 3731a 3413 3000 3415 3347 3223 3211 3091 3092
Korea, DPR   a 190 179 166 160         
Madagascar 0 60 40 30 0 a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mauritius 1 1 1 1 a 1 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0
Morocco 0 0 1 0 a 0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mozambique 0 0 0 0 366a 82 201 143 300 150 98 0 0 12
Myanmar 8 1 3 2a 2 1 0 0 0    0 0 0
Namibia 53 95 48 31 48a 61 88 23 92      b
Solomon Islands 2 1 0 1a 0 0 0 0 0      
South Africa 11 5 a 54 62 65 75 73 59 64 16 47 24 30 18
Sudan 75 75 75    a         
Swaziland 0 0 0 0 9 8a 7 7 4 4 4    b
Uganda 0 0 0 0a 0 0 0 24 0 0 0    
Zambia 0 0 0 11 42 0a 23 33 24 19 0 0 0 0
Zimbabwe 0 0 0 0 96 61 44 97 61    a   b
  1. Use expressed in metric tons of active ingredient. Data in italic font are from the DDT questionnaires. Data in normal font are from WHO’s assessment [13], except for the data for DPR Korea which are taken from the national implementation plan for the Stockholm Convention [12]. Open spaces indicate missing data
  2. aYear of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Stockholm Convention
  3. bCountries for which recent use of DDT has not been reported but indicated by independent data sources
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