Americas vs Polynesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Americas
- Polynesia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.67 kg/cap against 1.09 kg/cap in Polynesia, a difference of 0.58 kg/cap.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.5 times Polynesia's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 2nd and Polynesia ranks 3rd of 25 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.917 kg/cap | 0.634 kg/cap | 0.283 kg/cap | Americas |
| 2000s | 1.18 kg/cap | 0.699 kg/cap | 0.477 kg/cap | Americas |
| 2010s | 1.47 kg/cap | 0.819 kg/cap | 0.651 kg/cap | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.68 kg/cap | 1.31 kg/cap | 0.368 kg/cap | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Americas or Polynesia?
- Americas, at 1.67 kg/cap against 1.09 kg/cap in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Americas and Polynesia?
- 0.58 kg/cap, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Polynesia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Polynesia rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Americas ranks 2nd and Polynesia ranks 3rd of 25 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. 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).