Australia vs Costa Rica: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Australia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Australia currently reports 2.41 kg/cap against 2.09 kg/cap in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.32 kg/cap.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 192 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.46 kg/cap | 0.947 kg/cap | 0.515 kg/cap | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.7 kg/cap | 2.89 kg/cap | 1.19 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.17 kg/cap | 2.62 kg/cap | 0.4487 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Australia or Costa Rica?
- Australia, at 2.41 kg/cap against 2.09 kg/cap in Costa Rica as of 2017.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Australia and Costa Rica?
- 0.32 kg/cap, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Costa Rica?
- 28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
- How do Australia and Costa Rica rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Australia ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 15th 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
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).