Chile vs Uruguay: Pesticide use

Chile

17,659 tonnes

in 2023

Uruguay

16,446 tonnes

in 2023

Chile rank

30th

Uruguay rank

32nd

Pesticide use over time

Chile currently reports 17,659 tonnes against 16,446 tonnes in Uruguay, a difference of 1,213 tonnes.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

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

Chile ranks 30th and Uruguay ranks 32nd 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.