Benin vs Cameroon: Insecticide use

Benin

1,958 tonnes

in 2023

Cameroon

1,701 tonnes

in 2023

Benin rank

38th

Cameroon rank

41st

Insecticide use over time

Benin currently reports 1,958 tonnes against 1,701 tonnes in Cameroon, a difference of 257 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Benin ahead.

Benin ranks 38th and Cameroon ranks 41st of 211 countries.

Indicator: Insecticide use
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 211 places, 7,015 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.