Benin vs Netherlands: Insecticide use

Benin

1,958 tonnes

in 2023

Netherlands

1,731 tonnes

in 2023

Benin rank

38th

Netherlands rank

39th

Insecticide use over time

Benin currently reports 1,958 tonnes against 1,731 tonnes in Netherlands, a difference of 227 tonnes.

That makes Benin's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Netherlands ahead.

Benin ranks 38th and Netherlands ranks 39th 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.