Ghana vs Samoa: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Ghana
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.87 kg/cap against 1.56 kg/cap in Ghana, a difference of 0.31 kg/cap.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Samoa ahead.
Ghana ranks 21st and Samoa ranks 20th of 192 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.015 kg/cap | 0.187 kg/cap | 0.172 kg/cap | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.01 kg/cap | 0.172 kg/cap | 0.162 kg/cap | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.297 kg/cap | 0.48 kg/cap | 0.183 kg/cap | Samoa |
| 2020s | 1.25 kg/cap | 1.44 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Ghana or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.87 kg/cap against 1.56 kg/cap in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Ghana and Samoa?
- 0.31 kg/cap, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Samoa?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Samoa rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Ghana ranks 21st and Samoa ranks 20th 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).