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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.503 (this correlation is weak)
Outliers:
Costa Rica,
Argentina
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| Variable: |
Agriculture > Pesticide use |
Democracy > Parliamentary elections > Invalid votes |
| Plot Display: |
Logarithmic (base 10) |
Logarithmic (base 10) |
| Definition: |
Average pesticide use (kg per ha of cropland 2000). Pesticide use, kilograms per hectare, is calculated by WRI by dividing the total pesticide consumption, measured in kilograms of active ingredients, by the total hectares of arable and permanent cropland |
The number of invalid votes, as reported by each country. |
| Source: |
World Resources Institute |
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003 |
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