Malta vs Tonga: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Malta
- Tonga
How they compare
Malta currently reports 0.2 kg/cap against 0.19 kg/cap in Tonga, a difference of 0.01 kg/cap.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malta ahead.
Malta ranks 127th and Tonga ranks 130th of 208 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.729 kg/cap | 0.11 kg/cap | 0.619 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2000s | 0.298 kg/cap | 0.108 kg/cap | 0.19 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2010s | 0.25 kg/cap | 0.138 kg/cap | 0.112 kg/cap | Malta |
| 2020s | 0.196 kg/cap | 0.194 kg/cap | 0.002 kg/cap | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Malta or Tonga?
- Malta, at 0.2 kg/cap against 0.19 kg/cap in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Malta and Tonga?
- 0.01 kg/cap, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Tonga?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Tonga rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Malta ranks 127th and Tonga ranks 130th of 208 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.
Individual pages
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).