Colombia vs Nicaragua: Insecticide use

Colombia

1,547 tonnes

in 2023

Nicaragua

1,565 tonnes

in 2023

Colombia rank

44th

Nicaragua rank

43rd

Insecticide use over time

Nicaragua currently reports 1,565 tonnes against 1,547 tonnes in Colombia, a difference of 18 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 44th and Nicaragua ranks 43rd 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.