Botswana vs El Salvador: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Botswana
0.5 kg/cap
in 2024
El Salvador
0.52 kg/cap
in 2024
Botswana rank
74th
El Salvador rank
72nd

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Botswana
  • El Salvador
0.20.40.60.81199020072024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.52 kg/cap against 0.5 kg/cap in Botswana, a difference of 0.02 kg/cap.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.

Botswana ranks 74th and El Salvador ranks 72nd of 192 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana El Salvador Difference Ahead
1990s 0.172 kg/cap 0.594 kg/cap 0.422 kg/cap El Salvador
2000s 0.214 kg/cap 0.422 kg/cap 0.208 kg/cap El Salvador
2010s 0.29 kg/cap 0.533 kg/cap 0.243 kg/cap El Salvador
2020s 0.534 kg/cap 0.464 kg/cap 0.07 kg/cap Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Botswana or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 0.52 kg/cap against 0.5 kg/cap in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Botswana and El Salvador?
0.02 kg/cap, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and El Salvador?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Botswana and El Salvador rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Botswana ranks 74th and El Salvador ranks 72nd 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).