China vs India: Insecticide use

China

58,756 tonnes

in 2023

India

20,619 tonnes

in 2023

China rank

4th

India rank

6th

Insecticide use over time

China currently reports 58,756 tonnes against 20,619 tonnes in India, a difference of 38,137 tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 2.8 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was India ahead.

China ranks 4th and India ranks 6th 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.