El Salvador vs Mexico: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- El Salvador
- Mexico
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.52 kg/cap against 0.5 kg/cap in Mexico, a difference of 0.02 kg/cap.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 72nd and Mexico ranks 74th of 192 countries.
El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.594 kg/cap | 0.296 kg/cap | 0.298 kg/cap | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 0.422 kg/cap | 0.305 kg/cap | 0.117 kg/cap | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 0.533 kg/cap | 0.405 kg/cap | 0.128 kg/cap | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 0.464 kg/cap | 0.348 kg/cap | 0.116 kg/cap | El Salvador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, El Salvador or Mexico?
- El Salvador, at 0.52 kg/cap against 0.5 kg/cap in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between El Salvador and Mexico?
- 0.02 kg/cap, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Mexico?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Mexico rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- El Salvador ranks 72nd and Mexico ranks 74th 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).