Brazil vs Melanesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Brazil
- Melanesia
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 3.56 kg/cap against 0.14 kg/cap in Melanesia, a difference of 3.42 kg/cap.
That makes Brazil's figure about 25.4 times Melanesia's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 192 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.552 kg/cap | 0.22 kg/cap | 0.332 kg/cap | Brazil |
| 2000s | 1.23 kg/cap | 0.128 kg/cap | 1.1 kg/cap | Brazil |
| 2010s | 2.42 kg/cap | 0.167 kg/cap | 2.26 kg/cap | Brazil |
| 2020s | 3.53 kg/cap | 0.176 kg/cap | 3.36 kg/cap | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Brazil or Melanesia?
- Brazil, at 3.56 kg/cap against 0.14 kg/cap in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Brazil and Melanesia?
- 3.42 kg/cap, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Melanesia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Melanesia rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Melanesia ranks 8th 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).