Namibia vs Papua New Guinea: Pesticide breakdown by type

Namibia

170 tonnes

in 2023

Papua New Guinea

71 tonnes

in 2023

Namibia rank

13th

Papua New Guinea rank

16th

Pesticide breakdown by type over time

Namibia currently reports 170 tonnes against 71 tonnes in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 99 tonnes.

That makes Namibia's figure about 2.4 times Papua New Guinea's.

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

Namibia ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th 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.