Americas vs Viet Nam: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland

Americas
5.04 kg/ha
in 2024
Viet Nam
13.9 kg/ha
in 2024
Americas rank
2nd
Viet Nam rank
1st

Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland over time

  • Americas
  • Viet Nam
2.557.51012.515199020072024

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 13.9 kg/ha against 5.04 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 8.86 kg/ha.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 2.8 times Americas's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Viet Nam ahead.

Americas ranks 2nd and Viet Nam ranks 1st of 25 groups.

Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1990s 1.91 kg/ha 3.37 kg/ha 1.46 kg/ha Viet Nam
2000s 2.81 kg/ha 3.77 kg/ha 0.962 kg/ha Viet Nam
2010s 3.95 kg/ha 8.67 kg/ha 4.72 kg/ha Viet Nam
2020s 4.84 kg/ha 12.4 kg/ha 7.56 kg/ha Viet Nam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland, Americas or Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 13.9 kg/ha against 5.04 kg/ha in Americas as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland between Americas and Viet Nam?
8.86 kg/ha, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Viet Nam?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Americas and Viet Nam rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
Americas ranks 2nd and Viet Nam ranks 1st of 25 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
229 places, 7,792 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).