Iran vs Taiwan: Insecticide use

Iran

2,600 tonnes

in 2023

Taiwan

2,830 tonnes

in 2023

Iran rank

31st

Taiwan rank

29th

Insecticide use over time

Taiwan currently reports 2,830 tonnes against 2,600 tonnes in Iran, a difference of 230 tonnes.

That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.1 times Iran's.

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

Iran ranks 31st and Taiwan ranks 29th 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.