Burkina Faso vs Libya: Insecticide use

Burkina Faso

847 tonnes

in 2023

Libya

872 tonnes

in 2023

Burkina Faso rank

57th

Libya rank

56th

Insecticide use over time

Libya currently reports 872 tonnes against 847 tonnes in Burkina Faso, a difference of 25 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 57th and Libya ranks 56th 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.