Chile vs Paraguay: Insecticide use

Chile

2,580 tonnes

in 2023

Paraguay

2,702 tonnes

in 2023

Chile rank

33rd

Paraguay rank

30th

Insecticide use over time

Paraguay currently reports 2,702 tonnes against 2,580 tonnes in Chile, a difference of 122 tonnes.

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

Chile ranks 33rd 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.