Gambia vs Lesotho: Insecticide use

Gambia

386 tonnes

in 2023

Lesotho

440 tonnes

in 2023

Gambia rank

84th

Lesotho rank

82nd

Insecticide use over time

Lesotho currently reports 440 tonnes against 386 tonnes in Gambia, a difference of 54 tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.

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

Gambia ranks 84th and Lesotho ranks 82nd 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.