Mauritius vs Sri Lanka: Insecticide use

Mauritius

210 tonnes

in 2023

Sri Lanka

221 tonnes

in 2023

Mauritius rank

112th

Sri Lanka rank

110th

Insecticide use over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 221 tonnes against 210 tonnes in Mauritius, a difference of 11 tonnes.

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

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Mauritius ranks 112th 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.