Australia vs Canada: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Australia
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2.57 kg/cap against 2.41 kg/cap in Australia, a difference of 0.16 kg/cap.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.
Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 9th of 186 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Canada in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.46 kg/cap | 1.15 kg/cap | 0.311 kg/cap | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.7 kg/cap | 1.27 kg/cap | 0.431 kg/cap | Australia |
| 2010s | 2.17 kg/cap | 2.17 kg/cap | 0.0062 kg/cap | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Australia or Canada?
- Canada, at 2.57 kg/cap against 2.41 kg/cap in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Australia and Canada?
- 0.16 kg/cap, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Canada?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
- How do Australia and Canada rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 9th of 186 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
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).