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

United States of America
1.24 kg/cap
in 2024
Uruguay
4.39 kg/cap
in 2024
United States of America rank
5th
Uruguay rank
2nd

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
1234199020072024

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 4.39 kg/cap against 1.24 kg/cap in United States of America, a difference of 3.15 kg/cap.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.5 times United States of America's.

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

United States of America ranks 5th and Uruguay ranks 2nd of 25 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 1.56 kg/cap 0.842 kg/cap 0.72 kg/cap United States of America
2000s 1.37 kg/cap 2.69 kg/cap 1.33 kg/cap Uruguay
2010s 1.3 kg/cap 4.3 kg/cap 3 kg/cap Uruguay
2020s 1.27 kg/cap 4.39 kg/cap 3.12 kg/cap Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher pesticides (total) — use per capita, United States of America or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 4.39 kg/cap against 1.24 kg/cap in United States of America as of 2024.
What is the difference in pesticides (total) — use per capita between United States of America and Uruguay?
3.15 kg/cap, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Uruguay?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Uruguay rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
United States of America ranks 5th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

United States of America vs Uruguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 13 September 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/pesticides-total-use-per-capita/united-states-of-america/uruguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/pesticides-total-use-per-capita/united-states-of-america/uruguay/">United States of America vs Uruguay: Pesticides (total) — Use per capita</a> — Statizoid

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).