Americas vs Uruguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Americas
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 4.39 kg/cap against 1.67 kg/cap in Americas, a difference of 2.72 kg/cap.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 2.6 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 25 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.917 kg/cap | 0.842 kg/cap | 0.075 kg/cap | Americas |
| 2000s | 1.18 kg/cap | 2.69 kg/cap | 1.52 kg/cap | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.47 kg/cap | 4.3 kg/cap | 2.83 kg/cap | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 1.68 kg/cap | 4.39 kg/cap | 2.71 kg/cap | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Americas or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 4.39 kg/cap against 1.67 kg/cap in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Americas and Uruguay?
- 2.72 kg/cap, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Uruguay?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Uruguay rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Americas ranks 2nd and Uruguay ranks 2nd 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).