Lesotho vs Suriname: Insecticide use

Lesotho

440 tonnes

in 2023

Suriname

492 tonnes

in 2023

Lesotho rank

82nd

Suriname rank

79th

Insecticide use over time

Suriname currently reports 492 tonnes against 440 tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 52 tonnes.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

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

Lesotho ranks 82nd and Suriname ranks 79th 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.