Maldives vs Sri Lanka: Insecticide use

Maldives

244 tonnes

in 2023

Sri Lanka

221 tonnes

in 2023

Maldives rank

108th

Sri Lanka rank

110th

Insecticide use over time

Maldives currently reports 244 tonnes against 221 tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 23 tonnes.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Maldives ranks 108th and Sri Lanka ranks 110th 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.