Libya vs Sri Lanka: Pesticide use

Libya

1,713 tonnes

in 2023

Sri Lanka

1,799 tonnes

in 2023

Libya rank

95th

Sri Lanka rank

93rd

Pesticide use over time

Sri Lanka currently reports 1,799 tonnes against 1,713 tonnes in Libya, a difference of 86 tonnes.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Libya ahead.

Libya ranks 95th and Sri Lanka ranks 93rd 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.