Canada vs Paraguay: Insecticide use

Canada

4,245 tonnes

in 2023

Paraguay

2,702 tonnes

in 2023

Canada rank

27th

Paraguay rank

30th

Insecticide use over time

Canada currently reports 4,245 tonnes against 2,702 tonnes in Paraguay, a difference of 1,543 tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 27th and Paraguay ranks 30th 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.