Germany vs Turkey: Insecticide use

Germany

16,113 tonnes

in 2023

Turkey

18,619 tonnes

in 2023

Germany rank

8th

Turkey rank

7th

Insecticide use over time

Turkey currently reports 18,619 tonnes against 16,113 tonnes in Germany, a difference of 2,506 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 4 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Turkey ahead.

Germany ranks 8th and Turkey ranks 7th 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.