New Zealand vs Rwanda: Insecticide use

New Zealand

303 tonnes

in 2023

Rwanda

317 tonnes

in 2023

New Zealand rank

95th

Rwanda rank

92nd

Insecticide use over time

Rwanda currently reports 317 tonnes against 303 tonnes in New Zealand, a difference of 14 tonnes.

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

New Zealand ranks 95th and Rwanda ranks 92nd 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.