Denmark vs Sweden: Insecticide use

Denmark

40 tonnes

in 2023

Sweden

38 tonnes

in 2023

Denmark rank

140th

Sweden rank

143rd

Insecticide use over time

Denmark currently reports 40 tonnes against 38 tonnes in Sweden, a difference of 2 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 140th and Sweden ranks 143rd 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.