Germany vs India: Pesticide use

Germany

40,494 tonnes

in 2023

India

40,094 tonnes

in 2023

Germany rank

16th

India rank

17th

Pesticide use over time

Germany currently reports 40,494 tonnes against 40,094 tonnes in India, a difference of 400 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was India ahead.

Germany ranks 16th and India ranks 17th of 211 countries.

Indicator: Pesticide 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

Total pesticide use measured in tonnes of pesticide consumption per year.