Sweden vs Zambia: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita
Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time
- Sweden
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.2 kg/cap against 0.19 kg/cap in Sweden, a difference of 0.01 kg/cap.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 124th and Zambia ranks 121st of 192 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.188 kg/cap | 0.154 kg/cap | 0.034 kg/cap | Sweden |
| 2000s | 0.226 kg/cap | 0.236 kg/cap | 0.01 kg/cap | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.221 kg/cap | 0.246 kg/cap | 0.025 kg/cap | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.202 kg/cap | 0.208 kg/cap | 0.006 kg/cap | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Sweden or Zambia?
- Zambia, 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 Sweden and Zambia?
- 0.01 kg/cap, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Zambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Sweden and Zambia rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
- Sweden ranks 124th and Zambia ranks 121st 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).