Canada vs Spain: Pesticide use

Canada

95,645 tonnes

in 2023

Spain

52,907 tonnes

in 2023

Canada rank

9th

Spain rank

12th

Pesticide use over time

Canada currently reports 95,645 tonnes against 52,907 tonnes in Spain, a difference of 42,738 tonnes.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.8 times Spain's.

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

Canada ranks 9th and Spain ranks 12th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Pesticide 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

Total pesticide use measured in tonnes of pesticide consumption per year.