Italy vs Mexico: Insecticide use

Italy

9,206 tonnes

in 2023

Mexico

8,536 tonnes

in 2023

Italy rank

15th

Mexico rank

16th

Insecticide use over time

Italy currently reports 9,206 tonnes against 8,536 tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 670 tonnes.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 15th and Mexico ranks 16th 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.