Costa Rica vs Netherlands: Insecticide use

Costa Rica

1,729 tonnes

in 2023

Netherlands

1,731 tonnes

in 2023

Costa Rica rank

40th

Netherlands rank

39th

Insecticide use over time

Netherlands currently reports 1,731 tonnes against 1,729 tonnes in Costa Rica, a difference of 2 tonnes.

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

Costa Rica ranks 40th and Netherlands ranks 39th 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.