Italy vs Malaysia: Insecticide use

Italy

9,206 tonnes

in 2023

Malaysia

7,600 tonnes

in 2023

Italy rank

15th

Malaysia rank

18th

Insecticide use over time

Italy currently reports 9,206 tonnes against 7,600 tonnes in Malaysia, a difference of 1,606 tonnes.

That makes Italy's figure about 1.2 times Malaysia's.

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

Italy ranks 15th and Malaysia ranks 18th 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.