Canada vs Northern America: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use

Canada
102,005 t
in 2024
Northern America
531,645 t
in 2024
Canada rank
6th
Northern America rank
5th

Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use over time

  • Canada
  • Northern America
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199020072024

How they compare

Northern America currently reports 531,645 t against 102,005 t in Canada, a difference of 429,640 t.

That makes Northern America's figure about 5.2 times Canada's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 5th of 200 countries.

Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Northern America Difference Ahead
1990s 33,840 t 449,943 t 416,103 t Northern America
2000s 41,063 t 443,143 t 402,080 t Northern America
2010s 78,571 t 501,938 t 423,367 t Northern America
2020s 98,061 t 530,991 t 432,930 t Northern America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — agricultural use, Canada or Northern America?
Northern America, at 531,645 t against 102,005 t in Canada as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — agricultural use between Canada and Northern America?
429,640 t, with Northern America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Northern America?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Canada and Northern America rank globally for pesticides (total) — agricultural use?
Canada ranks 6th and Northern America ranks 5th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Canada vs Northern America: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/pesticides-total-agricultural-use/canada/northern-america/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/pesticides-total-agricultural-use/canada/northern-america/">Canada vs Northern America: Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 8,226 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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).