Malaria Journal

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
Country	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	12^a	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	3731^a	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	366^a	82	201	143	300	150	98	0	0	12
Myanmar	8	1	3	2^a	2	1	0	0	0			0	0	0
Namibia	53	95	48	31	48^a	61	88	23	92					^b
Solomon Islands	2	1	0	1^a	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	8^a	7	7	4	4	4			^b
Uganda	0	0	0	0^a	0	0	0	24	0	0	0
Zambia	0	0	0	11	42	0^a	23	33	24	19	0	0	0	0
Zimbabwe	0	0	0	0	96	61	44	97	61			^a		^b

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
^aYear of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession of the Stockholm Convention
^bCountries for which recent use of DDT has not been reported but indicated by independent data sources

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