Democratic Republic of Congo vs Gambia: Insecticide use

Democratic Republic of Congo

446 tonnes

in 2023

Gambia

386 tonnes

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

81st

Gambia rank

84th

Insecticide use over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 446 tonnes against 386 tonnes in Gambia, a difference of 60 tonnes.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.2 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 81st and Gambia ranks 84th 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.