Malta vs Sweden: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Malta
- Sweden
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.2 kg/cap against 0.19 kg/cap in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 kg/cap.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 121st and Sweden ranks 124th of 192 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.729 kg/cap | 0.188 kg/cap | 0.541 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.298 kg/cap | 0.226 kg/cap | 0.072 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.221 kg/cap | 0.029 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.196 kg/cap | 0.202 kg/cap | 0.006 kg/cap | Sweden |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Malta or Sweden?
- Malta, at 0.2 kg/cap against 0.19 kg/cap in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Malta and Sweden?
- 0.01 kg/cap, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Sweden?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Sweden rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Malta ranks 121st and Sweden ranks 124th 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).