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

Brazil
3.56 kg/cap
in 2024
Western Europe
0.68 kg/cap
in 2024
Brazil rank
7th
Western Europe rank
9th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Brazil
  • Western Europe
01234199020072024

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 3.56 kg/cap against 0.68 kg/cap in Western Europe, a difference of 2.88 kg/cap.

That makes Brazil's figure about 5.2 times Western Europe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Western Europe ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and Western Europe ranks 9th of 192 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Western Europe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.552 kg/cap 0.843 kg/cap 0.291 kg/cap Western Europe
2000s 1.23 kg/cap 0.76 kg/cap 0.467 kg/cap Brazil
2010s 2.42 kg/cap 0.706 kg/cap 1.72 kg/cap Brazil
2020s 3.53 kg/cap 0.682 kg/cap 2.85 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 Western Europe?
Brazil, at 3.56 kg/cap against 0.68 kg/cap in Western Europe as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Brazil and Western Europe?
2.88 kg/cap, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Western Europe?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Western Europe rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Brazil ranks 7th 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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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).