Ecuador vs Mexico: Pesticide use

Ecuador

35,220 tonnes

in 2023

Mexico

37,298 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

21st

Mexico rank

20th

Pesticide use over time

Mexico currently reports 37,298 tonnes against 35,220 tonnes in Ecuador, a difference of 2,078 tonnes.

That makes Mexico's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

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

Ecuador ranks 21st and Mexico ranks 20th 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.