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

United States of America
1.24 kg/cap
in 2024
Viet Nam
1.6 kg/cap
in 2024
United States of America rank
5th
Viet Nam rank
2nd

Pesticides (total) — Use per capita over time

  • United States of America
  • Viet Nam
00.511.5199020072024

How they compare

Viet Nam currently reports 1.6 kg/cap against 1.24 kg/cap in United States of America, a difference of 0.36 kg/cap.

That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.3 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States of America ahead.

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

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

Head to head by decade

Decade United States of America Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1990s 1.56 kg/cap 0.328 kg/cap 1.23 kg/cap United States of America
2000s 1.37 kg/cap 0.427 kg/cap 0.941 kg/cap United States of America
2010s 1.3 kg/cap 1.02 kg/cap 0.282 kg/cap United States of America
2020s 1.27 kg/cap 1.45 kg/cap 0.182 kg/cap Viet Nam

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 Viet Nam?
Viet Nam, at 1.6 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 Viet Nam?
0.36 kg/cap, with Viet Nam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for United States of America and Viet Nam?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do United States of America and Viet Nam rank globally for pesticides (total) — use per capita?
United States of America ranks 5th and Viet Nam 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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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).