Malaysia vs Mexico: Insecticide use

Malaysia

7,600 tonnes

in 2023

Mexico

8,536 tonnes

in 2023

Malaysia rank

18th

Mexico rank

16th

Insecticide use over time

Mexico currently reports 8,536 tonnes against 7,600 tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 936 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Mexico ahead.

Malaysia ranks 18th 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.