Costa Rica vs Saint Kitts and Nevis: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Costa Rica
2.09 kg/cap
in 2024
Saint Kitts and Nevis
2.17 kg/cap
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
15th
Saint Kitts and Nevis rank
14th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
01234199020072024

How they compare

Saint Kitts and Nevis currently reports 2.17 kg/cap against 2.09 kg/cap in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.08 kg/cap.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Saint Kitts and Nevis ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 15th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 14th of 192 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Saint Kitts and Nevis Difference Ahead
1990s 0.947 kg/cap 2.32 kg/cap 1.38 kg/cap Saint Kitts and Nevis
2000s 2.89 kg/cap 2.81 kg/cap 0.078 kg/cap Costa Rica
2010s 2.54 kg/cap 2.21 kg/cap 0.329 kg/cap Costa Rica
2020s 1.98 kg/cap 2.17 kg/cap 0.188 kg/cap Saint Kitts and Nevis

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Costa Rica or Saint Kitts and Nevis?
Saint Kitts and Nevis, at 2.17 kg/cap against 2.09 kg/cap in Costa Rica as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Costa Rica and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
0.08 kg/cap, with Saint Kitts and Nevis ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Saint Kitts and Nevis?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Costa Rica and Saint Kitts and Nevis rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Costa Rica ranks 15th and Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 14th 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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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).