Democratic Republic of Congo vs Syria: Insecticide use

Democratic Republic of Congo

446 tonnes

in 2023

Syria

412 tonnes

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

81st

Syria rank

83rd

Insecticide use over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 446 tonnes against 412 tonnes in Syria, a difference of 34 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 81st and Syria ranks 83rd 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.