Samoa vs Southern Asia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Samoa
1.87 kg/cap
in 2024
Southern Asia
0.05 kg/cap
in 2024
Samoa rank
20th
Southern Asia rank
23rd

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Samoa
  • Southern Asia
00.511.52199020072024

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 1.87 kg/cap against 0.05 kg/cap in Southern Asia, a difference of 1.82 kg/cap.

That makes Samoa's figure about 37.4 times Southern Asia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Samoa ahead.

Samoa ranks 20th and Southern Asia ranks 23rd of 192 countries.

Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Samoa Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1990s 0.187 kg/cap 0.071 kg/cap 0.116 kg/cap Samoa
2000s 0.172 kg/cap 0.05 kg/cap 0.122 kg/cap Samoa
2010s 0.48 kg/cap 0.05 kg/cap 0.43 kg/cap Samoa
2020s 1.44 kg/cap 0.05 kg/cap 1.39 kg/cap Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Samoa or Southern Asia?
Samoa, at 1.87 kg/cap against 0.05 kg/cap in Southern Asia as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Samoa and Southern Asia?
1.82 kg/cap, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Southern Asia?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Samoa and Southern Asia rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Samoa ranks 20th and Southern Asia ranks 23rd 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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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).