Ecuador vs Philippines: Insecticide use

Ecuador

6,629 tonnes

in 2023

Philippines

6,996 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

22nd

Philippines rank

21st

Insecticide use over time

Philippines currently reports 6,996 tonnes against 6,629 tonnes in Ecuador, a difference of 367 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Philippines ahead.

Ecuador ranks 22nd and Philippines ranks 21st 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.