Costa Rica vs Europe: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Europe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.09 kg/cap against 0.63 kg/cap in Europe, a difference of 1.46 kg/cap.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.3 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Europe ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 15th and Europe ranks 11th of 192 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.947 kg/cap | 0.689 kg/cap | 0.258 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.89 kg/cap | 0.616 kg/cap | 2.27 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.54 kg/cap | 0.679 kg/cap | 1.86 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.98 kg/cap | 0.646 kg/cap | 1.33 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Costa Rica or Europe?
- Costa Rica, at 2.09 kg/cap against 0.63 kg/cap in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Costa Rica and Europe?
- 1.46 kg/cap, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Europe?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Europe rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th and Europe ranks 11th 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).