Eritrea vs Ireland: Insecticide use

Eritrea

28 tonnes

in 2023

Ireland

36 tonnes

in 2023

Eritrea rank

150th

Ireland rank

148th

Insecticide use over time

Ireland currently reports 36 tonnes against 28 tonnes in Eritrea, a difference of 8 tonnes.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.3 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Ireland ahead.

Eritrea ranks 150th and Ireland ranks 148th 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.