Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Insecticide use

Malawi

1,195 tonnes

in 2023

Zimbabwe

1,099 tonnes

in 2023

Malawi rank

47th

Zimbabwe rank

49th

Insecticide use over time

Malawi currently reports 1,195 tonnes against 1,099 tonnes in Zimbabwe, a difference of 96 tonnes.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Malawi ranks 47th and Zimbabwe ranks 49th 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.