India vs Russia: Insecticide use

India

20,619 tonnes

in 2023

Russia

14,274 tonnes

in 2023

India rank

6th

Russia rank

9th

Insecticide use over time

India currently reports 20,619 tonnes against 14,274 tonnes in Russia, a difference of 6,345 tonnes.

That makes India's figure about 1.4 times Russia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was India ahead.

India ranks 6th 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.