Brazil vs Indonesia: Insecticide use

Brazil

127,282 tonnes

in 2023

Indonesia

171,568 tonnes

in 2023

Brazil rank

2nd

Indonesia rank

1st

Insecticide use over time

Indonesia currently reports 171,568 tonnes against 127,282 tonnes in Brazil, a difference of 44,286 tonnes.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Indonesia has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 2nd and Indonesia ranks 1st 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.