Libya vs Uruguay: Insecticide use

Libya

872 tonnes

in 2023

Uruguay

801 tonnes

in 2023

Libya rank

56th

Uruguay rank

58th

Insecticide use over time

Libya currently reports 872 tonnes against 801 tonnes in Uruguay, a difference of 71 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 56th and Uruguay ranks 58th 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.