China vs Indonesia: Insecticide use

China

58,756 tonnes

in 2023

Indonesia

171,568 tonnes

in 2023

China rank

4th

Indonesia rank

1st

Insecticide use over time

Indonesia currently reports 171,568 tonnes against 58,756 tonnes in China, a difference of 112,812 tonnes.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 2.9 times China's.

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

China ranks 4th and Indonesia ranks 1st 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.