Germany vs Nigeria: Insecticide use

Germany

16,113 tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria

13,227 tonnes

in 2023

Germany rank

8th

Nigeria rank

11th

Insecticide use over time

Germany currently reports 16,113 tonnes against 13,227 tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 2,886 tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

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

Germany ranks 8th and Nigeria ranks 11th 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.