Caribbean vs Costa Rica: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Caribbean
0.25 kg/cap
in 2024
Costa Rica
2.09 kg/cap
in 2024
Caribbean rank
16th
Costa Rica rank
15th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Caribbean
  • Costa Rica
01234199020072024

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.09 kg/cap against 0.25 kg/cap in Caribbean, a difference of 1.84 kg/cap.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 8.4 times Caribbean's.

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

Caribbean ranks 16th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 25 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Caribbean Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1990s 0.434 kg/cap 0.947 kg/cap 0.513 kg/cap Costa Rica
2000s 0.362 kg/cap 2.89 kg/cap 2.53 kg/cap Costa Rica
2010s 0.392 kg/cap 2.54 kg/cap 2.15 kg/cap Costa Rica
2020s 0.254 kg/cap 1.98 kg/cap 1.73 kg/cap Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Caribbean or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 2.09 kg/cap against 0.25 kg/cap in Caribbean as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Caribbean and Costa Rica?
1.84 kg/cap, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Costa Rica?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Caribbean and Costa Rica rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Caribbean ranks 16th and Costa Rica ranks 15th of 25 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).