France vs South Korea: Insecticide use

France

6,237 tonnes

in 2023

South Korea

6,472 tonnes

in 2023

France rank

24th

South Korea rank

23rd

Insecticide use over time

South Korea currently reports 6,472 tonnes against 6,237 tonnes in France, a difference of 235 tonnes.

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

France ranks 24th 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.