Colombia vs Peru: Insecticide use

Colombia

1,547 tonnes

in 2023

Peru

1,673 tonnes

in 2023

Colombia rank

44th

Peru rank

42nd

Insecticide use over time

Peru currently reports 1,673 tonnes against 1,547 tonnes in Colombia, a difference of 126 tonnes.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Colombia's.

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

Colombia ranks 44th and Peru ranks 42nd 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.