Australia vs Western Europe: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Australia
2.41 kg/cap
in 2017
Western Europe
0.68 kg/cap
in 2024
Australia rank
12th
Western Europe rank
9th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Western Europe
0.511.522.5199020072024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 2.41 kg/cap against 0.68 kg/cap in Western Europe, a difference of 1.73 kg/cap.

That makes Australia's figure about 3.5 times Western Europe's.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Australia has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 12th and Western Europe 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 Western Europe Difference Ahead
1990s 1.46 kg/cap 0.843 kg/cap 0.619 kg/cap Australia
2000s 1.7 kg/cap 0.76 kg/cap 0.939 kg/cap Australia
2010s 2.17 kg/cap 0.7075 kg/cap 1.46 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 Western Europe?
Australia, at 2.41 kg/cap against 0.68 kg/cap in Western Europe as of 2017.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Australia and Western Europe?
1.73 kg/cap, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Western Europe?
28 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2017.
How do Australia and Western Europe rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Australia ranks 12th and Western Europe 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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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).