Burkina Faso vs Uruguay: Insecticide use

Burkina Faso

847 tonnes

in 2023

Uruguay

801 tonnes

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

57th

Uruguay rank

58th

Insecticide use over time

Burkina Faso currently reports 847 tonnes against 801 tonnes in Uruguay, a difference of 46 tonnes.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 57th and Uruguay ranks 58th 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.