Ecuador vs South Korea: Insecticide use

Ecuador

6,629 tonnes

in 2023

South Korea

6,472 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

22nd

South Korea rank

23rd

Insecticide use over time

Ecuador currently reports 6,629 tonnes against 6,472 tonnes in South Korea, a difference of 157 tonnes.

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

Ecuador ranks 22nd and South Korea ranks 23rd 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.