Northern America vs Uruguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Northern America
1.38 kg/cap
in 2024
Uruguay
4.39 kg/cap
in 2024
Northern America rank
4th
Uruguay rank
2nd

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Northern America
  • Uruguay
1234199020072024

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 4.39 kg/cap against 1.38 kg/cap in Northern America, a difference of 3.01 kg/cap.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.2 times Northern America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Northern America ahead.

Northern America ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 25 groups.

Across the 4 decades both report, Northern America averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern America Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 1.52 kg/cap 0.842 kg/cap 0.678 kg/cap Northern America
2000s 1.36 kg/cap 2.69 kg/cap 1.33 kg/cap Uruguay
2010s 1.39 kg/cap 4.3 kg/cap 2.91 kg/cap Uruguay
2020s 1.39 kg/cap 4.39 kg/cap 3 kg/cap Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Northern America or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 4.39 kg/cap against 1.38 kg/cap in Northern America as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Northern America and Uruguay?
3.01 kg/cap, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Uruguay?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Northern America and Uruguay rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Northern America ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 25 groups.
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

Indicator
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
234 places, 8,019 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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).