Australia vs Panama: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Australia
2.41 kg/cap
in 2017
Panama
2.62 kg/cap
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Panama rank
9th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Panama
0123199020072024

How they compare

Panama currently reports 2.62 kg/cap against 2.41 kg/cap in Australia, a difference of 0.21 kg/cap.

That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Panama ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Panama ranks 9th of 192 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Panama Difference Ahead
1990s 1.46 kg/cap 1.13 kg/cap 0.336 kg/cap Australia
2000s 1.7 kg/cap 0.695 kg/cap 1 kg/cap Australia
2010s 2.17 kg/cap 0.5613 kg/cap 1.61 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 Panama?
Panama, at 2.62 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 Panama?
0.21 kg/cap, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Panama?
28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do Australia and Panama rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Australia ranks 12th and Panama ranks 9th 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).