Sri Lanka vs Zambia: Insecticide use

Sri Lanka

221 tonnes

in 2023

Zambia

229 tonnes

in 2023

Sri Lanka rank

110th

Zambia rank

109th

Insecticide use over time

Zambia currently reports 229 tonnes against 221 tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 8 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zambia ahead.

Sri Lanka ranks 110th and Zambia ranks 109th 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.