Australia vs Italy: Insecticide use

Australia

11,511 tonnes

in 2023

Italy

9,206 tonnes

in 2023

Australia rank

12th

Italy rank

15th

Insecticide use over time

Australia currently reports 11,511 tonnes against 9,206 tonnes in Italy, a difference of 2,305 tonnes.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Italy ahead.

Australia ranks 12th and Italy ranks 15th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Insecticide 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

Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.