Ecuador vs France: Insecticide use

Ecuador

6,629 tonnes

in 2023

France

6,237 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

22nd

France rank

24th

Insecticide use over time

Ecuador currently reports 6,629 tonnes against 6,237 tonnes in France, a difference of 392 tonnes.

That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was France ahead.

Ecuador ranks 22nd and France ranks 24th 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.