Nigeria vs Spain: Insecticide use

Nigeria

13,227 tonnes

in 2023

Spain

9,978 tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria rank

11th

Spain rank

13th

Insecticide use over time

Nigeria currently reports 13,227 tonnes against 9,978 tonnes in Spain, a difference of 3,249 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.3 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Spain ahead.

Nigeria ranks 11th and Spain ranks 13th 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.