Mexico vs United States: Insecticide use

Mexico

8,536 tonnes

in 2023

United States

7,489 tonnes

in 2023

Mexico rank

16th

United States rank

19th

Insecticide use over time

Mexico currently reports 8,536 tonnes against 7,489 tonnes in United States, a difference of 1,047 tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was United States ahead.

Mexico ranks 16th and United States ranks 19th 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.