Australia vs Australia and New Zealand: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Australia
2.41 kg/cap
in 2017
Australia and New Zealand
2.2 kg/cap
in 2017
Australia rank
12th
Australia and New Zealand rank
13th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Australia and New Zealand
0123199020032017

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.41 kg/cap against 2.2 kg/cap in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 0.21 kg/cap.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Australia and New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia and New Zealand ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th of 192 countries.

Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Australia and New Zealand Difference Ahead
1990s 1.46 kg/cap 1.38 kg/cap 0.083 kg/cap Australia
2000s 1.7 kg/cap 1.6 kg/cap 0.103 kg/cap Australia
2010s 2.17 kg/cap 2.01 kg/cap 0.1613 kg/cap Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Australia or Australia and New Zealand?
Australia, at 2.41 kg/cap against 2.2 kg/cap in Australia and New Zealand as of 2017.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
0.21 kg/cap, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Australia and New Zealand?
28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do Australia and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Australia ranks 12th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th of 192 countries.
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

Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 8,019 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).