Saudi Arabia vs Yemen: Insecticide use

Saudi Arabia

307 tonnes

in 2023

Yemen

290 tonnes

in 2023

Saudi Arabia rank

94th

Yemen rank

97th

Insecticide use over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 307 tonnes against 290 tonnes in Yemen, a difference of 17 tonnes.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Yemen's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Saudi Arabia ranks 94th and Yemen ranks 97th 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.