Libya vs Qatar: Insecticide use

Libya

872 tonnes

in 2023

Qatar

961 tonnes

in 2023

Libya rank

56th

Qatar rank

54th

Insecticide use over time

Qatar currently reports 961 tonnes against 872 tonnes in Libya, a difference of 89 tonnes.

That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 56th and Qatar ranks 54th 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.