Nigeria vs Russia: Insecticide use

Nigeria

13,227 tonnes

in 2023

Russia

14,274 tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria rank

11th

Russia rank

9th

Insecticide use over time

Russia currently reports 14,274 tonnes against 13,227 tonnes in Nigeria, a difference of 1,047 tonnes.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Russia ahead.

Nigeria ranks 11th and Russia ranks 9th 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.