Nicaragua vs Peru: Insecticide use

Nicaragua

1,565 tonnes

in 2023

Peru

1,673 tonnes

in 2023

Nicaragua rank

43rd

Peru rank

42nd

Insecticide use over time

Peru currently reports 1,673 tonnes against 1,565 tonnes in Nicaragua, a difference of 108 tonnes.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Peru ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 43rd and Peru ranks 42nd 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.