Portugal vs Zimbabwe: Insecticide use

Portugal

1,173 tonnes

in 2023

Zimbabwe

1,099 tonnes

in 2023

Portugal rank

48th

Zimbabwe rank

49th

Insecticide use over time

Portugal currently reports 1,173 tonnes against 1,099 tonnes in Zimbabwe, a difference of 74 tonnes.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Portugal ranks 48th and Zimbabwe ranks 49th 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.