Benin vs Costa Rica: Insecticide use

Benin

1,958 tonnes

in 2023

Costa Rica

1,729 tonnes

in 2023

Benin rank

38th

Costa Rica rank

40th

Insecticide use over time

Benin currently reports 1,958 tonnes against 1,729 tonnes in Costa Rica, a difference of 229 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Benin ranks 38th and Costa Rica ranks 40th 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.