Japan vs Turkey: Insecticide use
Japan
13,382 tonnes
in 2023
Turkey
18,619 tonnes
in 2023
Japan rank
10th
Turkey rank
7th
Insecticide use over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 18,619 tonnes against 13,382 tonnes in Japan, a difference of 5,237 tonnes.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 10th and Turkey ranks 7th of 211 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,292 tonnes | 13,710 tonnes | 13,582 tonnes | Japan |
| 2000s | 23,826 tonnes | 13,386 tonnes | 10,440 tonnes | Japan |
| 2010s | 17,936 tonnes | 10,706 tonnes | 7,230 tonnes | Japan |
| 2020s | 14,358 tonnes | 17,278 tonnes | 2,919 tonnes | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher insecticide use, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 18,619 tonnes against 13,382 tonnes in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in insecticide use between Japan and Turkey?
- 5,237 tonnes, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for insecticide use?
- Japan ranks 10th and Turkey ranks 7th of 211 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Insecticide use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.