Japan vs Russia: Insecticide use

Japan

13,382 tonnes

in 2023

Russia

14,274 tonnes

in 2023

Japan rank

10th

Russia rank

9th

Insecticide use over time

Russia currently reports 14,274 tonnes against 13,382 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 892 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 10th 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.