Germany vs Russia: Insecticide use

Germany

16,113 tonnes

in 2023

Russia

14,274 tonnes

in 2023

Germany rank

8th

Russia rank

9th

Insecticide use over time

Germany currently reports 16,113 tonnes against 14,274 tonnes in Russia, a difference of 1,839 tonnes.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Russia ahead.

Germany ranks 8th and Russia ranks 9th 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.