Madagascar vs New Zealand: Insecticide use

Madagascar

291 tonnes

in 2023

New Zealand

303 tonnes

in 2023

Madagascar rank

96th

New Zealand rank

95th

Insecticide use over time

New Zealand currently reports 303 tonnes against 291 tonnes in Madagascar, a difference of 12 tonnes.

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

Madagascar ranks 96th and New Zealand ranks 95th 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.