Bulgaria vs Zambia: Insecticide use

Bulgaria

216 tonnes

in 2023

Zambia

229 tonnes

in 2023

Bulgaria rank

111th

Zambia rank

109th

Insecticide use over time

Zambia currently reports 229 tonnes against 216 tonnes in Bulgaria, a difference of 13 tonnes.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Bulgaria's.

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

Bulgaria ranks 111th and Zambia ranks 109th 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.