Australia vs Japan: Insecticide use

Australia

11,511 tonnes

in 2023

Japan

13,382 tonnes

in 2023

Australia rank

12th

Japan rank

10th

Insecticide use over time

Japan currently reports 13,382 tonnes against 11,511 tonnes in Australia, a difference of 1,871 tonnes.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 12th and Japan ranks 10th 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.