South America vs Viet Nam: Insecticides — Agricultural Use

South America
176,438 t
in 2024
Viet Nam
81,664 t
in 2024
South America rank
4th
Viet Nam rank
2nd

Insecticides — Agricultural Use over time

  • South America
  • Viet Nam
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k199020072024

How they compare

South America currently reports 176,438 t against 81,664 t in Viet Nam, a difference of 94,774 t.

That makes South America's figure about 2.2 times Viet Nam's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.

South America ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 2nd of 25 groups.

South America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade South America Viet Nam Difference Ahead
1990s 42,362 t 14,607 t 27,756 t South America
2000s 78,158 t 17,703 t 60,455 t South America
2010s 123,868 t 47,896 t 75,972 t South America
2020s 165,279 t 73,007 t 92,271 t South America

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher insecticides — agricultural use, South America or Viet Nam?
South America, at 176,438 t against 81,664 t in Viet Nam as of 2024.
What is the difference in insecticides — agricultural use between South America and Viet Nam?
94,774 t, with South America ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Viet Nam?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do South America and Viet Nam rank globally for insecticides — agricultural use?
South America ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 2nd of 25 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Insecticides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

South America vs Viet Nam: Insecticides — Agricultural Use. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/insecticides-agricultural-use/south-america/viet-nam-2/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/insecticides-agricultural-use/south-america/viet-nam-2/">South America vs Viet Nam: Insecticides — Agricultural Use</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Insecticides — Agricultural Use
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
242 places, 8,226 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains statistics on the agricultural use of major pesticide groups and of relevant chemical families. Data are disseminated by country, with global coverage and are updated annually. The FAOSTAT Pesticides Use domain contains information on the use of major pesticide groups:1. Insecticides (Chlorinated hydrocarbons, Organo-phosphates, Carbamates-insecticides, Pyrethroids, Botanical and biological products and Others not elsewhere classified);2. Mineral Oils;3. Herbicides (Phenoxy hormone products, Triazines, Amides, Carbamates-herbicides, Dinitroanilines, Urea derivatives, Sulfonyl urea, Bipiridils, Uracil, Others not elsewhere classified);4. Fungicides and Bactericides (Inorganic, Dithiocarbamates, Benzimidazoles, Triazoles, Diazoles, Diazines, Morpholines, Others not elsewhere classified);5. Plant Growth Regulators;6. Rodenticides (Anti-coagulants, Cyanide Generators, Hypercalcaemics, Narcotics, Others not elsewhere classified);7. Other Pesticides NES (not elsewhere specified).