Democratic Republic of Congo vs Suriname: Insecticide use

Democratic Republic of Congo

446 tonnes

in 2023

Suriname

492 tonnes

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

81st

Suriname rank

79th

Insecticide use over time

Suriname currently reports 492 tonnes against 446 tonnes in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 46 tonnes.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 81st and Suriname ranks 79th 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.