Ecuador vs Egypt: Insecticide use

Ecuador

6,629 tonnes

in 2023

Egypt

4,628 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

22nd

Egypt rank

25th

Insecticide use over time

Ecuador currently reports 6,629 tonnes against 4,628 tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 2,001 tonnes.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.4 times Egypt's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Egypt ahead.

Ecuador ranks 22nd and Egypt ranks 25th 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.