Lesotho vs Nepal: Insecticide use

Lesotho

440 tonnes

in 2023

Nepal

370 tonnes

in 2023

Lesotho rank

82nd

Nepal rank

85th

Insecticide use over time

Lesotho currently reports 440 tonnes against 370 tonnes in Nepal, a difference of 70 tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nepal ahead.

Lesotho ranks 82nd and Nepal ranks 85th 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.