El Salvador vs Lesotho: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland over time
- El Salvador
- Lesotho
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 3.79 kg/ha against 3.44 kg/ha in Lesotho, a difference of 0.35 kg/ha.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 73rd of 187 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.02 kg/ha | 0.018 kg/ha | 4 kg/ha | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.92 kg/ha | 0.058 kg/ha | 2.87 kg/ha | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 3.75 kg/ha | 0.181 kg/ha | 3.57 kg/ha | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 3.32 kg/ha | 1.18 kg/ha | 2.14 kg/ha | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland, El Salvador or Lesotho?
- El Salvador, at 3.79 kg/ha against 3.44 kg/ha in Lesotho as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland between El Salvador and Lesotho?
- 0.35 kg/ha, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Lesotho?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Lesotho rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
- El Salvador ranks 70th and Lesotho ranks 73rd of 187 countries.
- 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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About this data
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).