Botswana vs Suriname: Pesticide breakdown by type

Botswana

5 tonnes

in 2023

Suriname

6 tonnes

in 2023

Botswana rank

51st

Suriname rank

49th

Pesticide breakdown by type over time

Suriname currently reports 6 tonnes against 5 tonnes in Botswana, a difference of 1 tonnes.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

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

Botswana ranks 51st and Suriname ranks 49th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Pesticide breakdown by type
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: 179 places, 5,942 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Pesticide use, broken down by product type, measured in tonnes of active ingredient.