Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Insecticide use

Kenya

991 tonnes

in 2023

Zimbabwe

1,099 tonnes

in 2023

Kenya rank

52nd

Zimbabwe rank

49th

Insecticide use over time

Zimbabwe currently reports 1,099 tonnes against 991 tonnes in Kenya, a difference of 108 tonnes.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

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

Kenya ranks 52nd and Zimbabwe ranks 49th 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.