Mexico vs South Africa: Insecticide use

Mexico

8,536 tonnes

in 2023

South Africa

9,639 tonnes

in 2023

Mexico rank

16th

South Africa rank

14th

Insecticide use over time

South Africa currently reports 9,639 tonnes against 8,536 tonnes in Mexico, a difference of 1,103 tonnes.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

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

Mexico ranks 16th and South Africa ranks 14th 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.