Japan vs Uruguay: Pesticide breakdown by type

Japan

1 tonnes

in 2023

Uruguay

2 tonnes

in 2023

Japan rank

66th

Uruguay rank

63rd

Pesticide breakdown by type over time

Uruguay currently reports 2 tonnes against 1 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 1 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 66th and Uruguay ranks 63rd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Pesticide breakdown by type
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: 179 places, 5,942 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Pesticide use, broken down by product type, measured in tonnes of active ingredient.