Cape Verde vs Malta: Insecticide use

Cape Verde

4 tonnes

in 2023

Malta

2 tonnes

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

186th

Malta rank

189th

Insecticide use over time

Cape Verde currently reports 4 tonnes against 2 tonnes in Malta, a difference of 2 tonnes.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 2.0 times Malta's.

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

Cape Verde ranks 186th and Malta ranks 189th 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.