Eswatini vs Nicaragua: Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland

Eswatini
6.15 kg/ha
in 2024
Nicaragua
7.17 kg/ha
in 2022
Eswatini rank
50th
Nicaragua rank
47th

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

  • Eswatini
  • Nicaragua
02468199020072024

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 7.17 kg/ha against 6.15 kg/ha in Eswatini, a difference of 1.02 kg/ha.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.2 times Eswatini's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 47th of 187 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1990s 3.73 kg/ha 0.958 kg/ha 2.77 kg/ha Eswatini
2000s 3.53 kg/ha 3.31 kg/ha 0.22 kg/ha Eswatini
2010s 3.6 kg/ha 4.06 kg/ha 0.463 kg/ha Nicaragua
2020s 6.47 kg/ha 7.83 kg/ha 1.36 kg/ha Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland, Eswatini or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 7.17 kg/ha against 6.15 kg/ha in Eswatini as of 2022.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland between Eswatini and Nicaragua?
1.02 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Nicaragua?
33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Eswatini and Nicaragua rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per area of cropland?
Eswatini ranks 50th and Nicaragua ranks 47th 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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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).