Ecuador vs Melanesia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Ecuador
- Melanesia
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1.23 kg/cap against 0.14 kg/cap in Melanesia, a difference of 1.09 kg/cap.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 8.8 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Melanesia ahead.
Ecuador ranks 30th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 192 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.499 kg/cap | 0.22 kg/cap | 0.279 kg/cap | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 1.11 kg/cap | 0.128 kg/cap | 0.987 kg/cap | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 1.8 kg/cap | 0.167 kg/cap | 1.64 kg/cap | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1.69 kg/cap | 0.176 kg/cap | 1.51 kg/cap | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Ecuador or Melanesia?
- Ecuador, at 1.23 kg/cap against 0.14 kg/cap in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Ecuador and Melanesia?
- 1.09 kg/cap, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Melanesia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Melanesia rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Ecuador ranks 30th and Melanesia ranks 8th 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).