Canada vs World: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Canada
- World
How they compare
Canada currently reports 2.57 kg/cap against 0.46 kg/cap in World, a difference of 2.11 kg/cap.
That makes Canada's figure about 5.6 times World's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Canada ranks 9th and World ranks 5th of 186 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.15 kg/cap | 0.348 kg/cap | 0.803 kg/cap | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.27 kg/cap | 0.383 kg/cap | 0.885 kg/cap | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.18 kg/cap | 0.447 kg/cap | 1.74 kg/cap | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.52 kg/cap | 0.46 kg/cap | 2.06 kg/cap | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Canada or World?
- Canada, at 2.57 kg/cap against 0.46 kg/cap in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Canada and World?
- 2.11 kg/cap, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and World?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Canada and World rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Canada ranks 9th and World ranks 5th of 186 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).