Cape Verde vs Micronesia (country): Insecticide use

Cape Verde

4 tonnes

in 2023

Micronesia (country)

3 tonnes

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

186th

Micronesia (country) rank

187th

Insecticide use over time

Cape Verde currently reports 4 tonnes against 3 tonnes in Micronesia (country), a difference of 1 tonnes.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Micronesia (country)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Micronesia (country) ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 186th and Micronesia (country) ranks 187th 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.