Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 2.09 kg/cap against 1.92 kg/cap in Nicaragua, a difference of 0.17 kg/cap.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 15th and Nicaragua ranks 18th of 192 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 3 and Nicaragua in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.947 kg/cap | 0.382 kg/cap | 0.565 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 2.89 kg/cap | 1.3 kg/cap | 1.59 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 2.54 kg/cap | 1.2 kg/cap | 1.33 kg/cap | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.99 kg/cap | 2.12 kg/cap | 0.1367 kg/cap | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Costa Rica, at 2.09 kg/cap against 1.92 kg/cap in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 0.17 kg/cap, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th and Nicaragua ranks 18th 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).