Canada vs France: Insecticide use

Canada

4,245 tonnes

in 2023

France

6,237 tonnes

in 2023

Canada rank

27th

France rank

24th

Insecticide use over time

France currently reports 6,237 tonnes against 4,245 tonnes in Canada, a difference of 1,992 tonnes.

That makes France's figure about 1.5 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.

Canada ranks 27th and France ranks 24th 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.