Türkiye vs United States of America: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita

Türkiye
0.61 kg/cap
in 2024
United States of America
1.24 kg/cap
in 2024
Türkiye rank
6th
United States of America rank
5th

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Türkiye
  • United States of America
0.50.7511.21.5199020072024

How they compare

United States of America currently reports 1.24 kg/cap against 0.61 kg/cap in Türkiye, a difference of 0.63 kg/cap.

That makes United States of America's figure about 2.0 times Türkiye's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, United States of America has been ahead every year.

Türkiye ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 5th of 17 countries.

United States of America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Türkiye United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 0.478 kg/cap 1.56 kg/cap 1.08 kg/cap United States of America
2000s 0.494 kg/cap 1.37 kg/cap 0.874 kg/cap United States of America
2010s 0.572 kg/cap 1.3 kg/cap 0.732 kg/cap United States of America
2020s 0.626 kg/cap 1.27 kg/cap 0.64 kg/cap United States of America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, Türkiye or United States of America?
United States of America, at 1.24 kg/cap against 0.61 kg/cap in Türkiye as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between Türkiye and United States of America?
0.63 kg/cap, with United States of America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Türkiye and United States of America?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Türkiye and United States of America rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
Türkiye ranks 6th and United States of America ranks 5th of 17 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).