Insecticide use by country

Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.

Countries reporting
207
Highest
171,568 tonnes
Indonesia
Lowest
0 tonnes
Pitcairn
Median
255 tonnes
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,015

What the numbers show

Insecticide use is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 171,568 tonnes in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Pitcairn.

The median across all reporting countries is 255 tonnes, and the mean is 3,668 tonnes.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 79 fell. The largest increase was in Lesotho (up 2,488.2%), and the largest decrease in Northern Mariana Islands (down 100.0%).

Insecticide use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 171,568 tonnes 2023 down 6.4% rising
2 Brazil 127,282 tonnes 2023 up 27.1% volatile
3 Vietnam 81,664 tonnes 2023 up 94.2% volatile
4 China 58,756 tonnes 2023 down 36.1% rising
5 Pakistan 26,702 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
6 India 20,619 tonnes 2023 unchanged falling
7 Turkey 18,619 tonnes 2023 up 116.5% flat
8 Germany 16,113 tonnes 2023 up 30.4% volatile
9 Russia 14,274 tonnes 2023 up 126.2% volatile
10 Japan 13,382 tonnes 2023 down 23.7% falling
11 Nigeria 13,227 tonnes 2023 up 13.1% volatile
12 Australia 11,511 tonnes 2023 up 13.8% rising
13 Spain 9,978 tonnes 2023 up 46.4% rising
14 South Africa 9,639 tonnes 2023 up 15.7% rising
15 Italy 9,206 tonnes 2023 down 1.8% falling
16 Mexico 8,536 tonnes 2023 down 26.5% rising
17 Morocco 7,775 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
18 Malaysia 7,600 tonnes 2023 up 51.8% rising
19 United States 7,489 tonnes 2023 down 88.9% falling
20 Cambodia 7,178 tonnes 2023 up 496.2% volatile
21 Philippines 6,996 tonnes 2023 up 132.4% rising
22 Ecuador 6,629 tonnes 2023 up 465.1% volatile
23 South Korea 6,472 tonnes 2023 up 8.0% falling
24 France 6,237 tonnes 2023 up 9.2% volatile
25 Egypt 4,628 tonnes 2023 up 9.5% rising
26 Uganda 4,539 tonnes 2023 up 94.8% volatile
27 Canada 4,245 tonnes 2023 up 14.5% rising
28 Argentina 3,354 tonnes 2023 down 59.8% falling
29 Taiwan 2,830 tonnes 2023 down 14.0% falling
30 Paraguay 2,702 tonnes 2023 down 47.4% volatile
31 Iran 2,600 tonnes 2023 up 58.4% falling
32 Myanmar 2,594 tonnes 2023 up 108.4% volatile
33 Chile 2,580 tonnes 2023 up 119.2% rising
34 Mozambique 2,262 tonnes 2023 up 923.5% volatile
35 Austria 2,255 tonnes 2023 up 794.8% volatile
36 Bolivia 2,211 tonnes 2023 down 40.3% volatile
37 Bangladesh 1,997 tonnes 2023 up 14.3% rising
38 Benin 1,958 tonnes 2023 up 378.7% volatile
39 Netherlands 1,731 tonnes 2023 down 46.8% volatile
40 Costa Rica 1,729 tonnes 2023 down 9.0% rising
41 Cameroon 1,701 tonnes 2023 up 118.4% volatile
42 Peru 1,673 tonnes 2023 up 54.6% rising
43 Nicaragua 1,565 tonnes 2023 up 124.2% volatile
44 Colombia 1,547 tonnes 2023 down 83.5% volatile
45 Thailand 1,358 tonnes 2023 down 18.9% volatile
46 Ukraine 1,229 tonnes 2023 down 91.6% volatile
47 Malawi 1,195 tonnes 2023 up 89.7% volatile
48 Portugal 1,173 tonnes 2023 down 10.2% volatile
49 Zimbabwe 1,099 tonnes 2023 up 18.6% flat
50 Sudan 1,053 tonnes 2023 up 59.5% rising
51 Trinidad and Tobago 1,019 tonnes 2023 up 43.1% volatile
52 Kenya 991 tonnes 2023 up 15.2% rising
53 Botswana 969 tonnes 2023 up 166.2% volatile
54 Qatar 961 tonnes 2023 up 31.8% volatile
55 Panama 913 tonnes 2023 up 390.9% volatile
56 Libya 872 tonnes 2023 up 14.9% falling
57 Burkina Faso 847 tonnes 2023 up 144.8% rising
58 Uruguay 801 tonnes 2023 down 63.1% volatile
59 Venezuela 767 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
60 Greece 757 tonnes 2023 down 66.5% falling
61 Kazakhstan 739 tonnes 2023 up 16.9% falling
62 Poland 717 tonnes 2023 down 45.4% volatile
63 El Salvador 667 tonnes 2023 down 80.2% volatile
64 Congo 653 tonnes 2023 up 233.2% volatile
65 Mauritania 652 tonnes 2023 up 215.0% volatile
66 Romania 648 tonnes 2023 down 7.0% volatile
67 Ethiopia 638 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
68 Guatemala 625 tonnes 2023 down 34.5% falling
69 Israel 612 tonnes 2023 up 15.0% flat
70 Togo 600 tonnes 2023 up 242.9% volatile
71 Moldova 599 tonnes 2023 up 116.2% falling
72 Belgium 564 tonnes 2023 down 44.5% falling
73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 543 tonnes 2023 up 19.9% rising
74 Jamaica 539 tonnes 2023 up 34.8% rising
75 Kuwait 517 tonnes 2023 down 47.8% rising
76 Tunisia 510 tonnes 2023 up 29.8% rising
77 Hungary 509 tonnes 2023 down 23.3% volatile
78 Ghana 502 tonnes 2023 down 69.5% volatile
79 Suriname 492 tonnes 2023 up 1,722.2% volatile
80 Haiti 469 tonnes 2023 up 122.3% volatile
81 Democratic Republic of Congo 446 tonnes 2023 up 40.3% falling
82 Lesotho 440 tonnes 2023 up 2,488.2% volatile
83 Syria 412 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
84 Gambia 386 tonnes 2023 up 56.3% volatile
85 Nepal 370 tonnes 2023 up 128.4% volatile
86 Algeria 367 tonnes 2023 up 27.9% volatile
87 Fiji 344 tonnes 2023 up 5.8% rising
88 Serbia 335 tonnes 2023 down 29.2% rising
89 Eswatini 333 tonnes 2023 up 150.4% falling
90 United Kingdom 330 tonnes 2023 down 58.2% volatile
91 Macao 318 tonnes 2023 up 893.8% volatile
92 Rwanda 317 tonnes 2023 down 4.8% volatile
93 Dominican Republic 311 tonnes 2023 down 52.7% volatile
94 Saudi Arabia 307 tonnes 2023 down 90.2% volatile
95 New Zealand 303 tonnes 2023 unchanged falling
96 Madagascar 291 tonnes 2023 down 12.6% volatile
97 Yemen 290 tonnes 2023 up 0.7% volatile
98 Georgia 288 tonnes 2023 down 37.3% falling
99 Liberia 286 tonnes 2023 up 138.3% rising
100 Gabon 263 tonnes 2023 down 2.2% rising
101 Armenia 258 tonnes 2023 up 180.4% volatile
101 Jordan 258 tonnes 2023 down 59.7% rising
103 Central African Republic 255 tonnes 2023 up 844.4% volatile
103 Lebanon 255 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
103 Palestine 255 tonnes 2023 unchanged flat
106 Turkmenistan 251 tonnes 2023 up 280.3% volatile
107 Switzerland 248 tonnes 2023 down 28.3% volatile
108 Maldives 244 tonnes 2023 up 328.1% volatile
109 Zambia 229 tonnes 2023 down 43.6% falling
110 Sri Lanka 221 tonnes 2023 down 35.8% falling
111 Bulgaria 216 tonnes 2023 up 96.4% falling
112 Mauritius 210 tonnes 2023 down 28.1% rising
113 Somalia 205 tonnes 2023 up 118.1% volatile
114 Namibia 191 tonnes 2023 up 52.8% rising
115 Saint Lucia 186 tonnes 2023 up 25.7% falling
116 Tajikistan 180 tonnes 2023 up 445.5% volatile
117 Azerbaijan 169 tonnes 2023 up 14.2% volatile
117 Belarus 169 tonnes 2023 up 293.0% volatile
119 Honduras 137 tonnes 2023 up 33.0% volatile
120 Bahamas 125 tonnes 2023 up 60.3% falling
120 Cyprus 125 tonnes 2023 down 32.8% falling
122 Kyrgyzstan 113 tonnes 2023 down 10.3% volatile
123 Czechia 109 tonnes 2023 down 61.3% rising
124 Senegal 107 tonnes 2023 down 75.8% falling
125 Cuba 105 tonnes 2023 down 82.1% falling
126 Sierra Leone 99 tonnes 2023 up 67.8% flat
127 French Polynesia 92 tonnes 2023 down 18.6% rising
127 East Timor 92 tonnes 2023 up 411.1% volatile
129 Guyana 90 tonnes 2023 up 30.4% rising
130 Slovakia 84 tonnes 2023 down 12.5% volatile
131 Guinea-Bissau 82 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
132 Cayman Islands 77 tonnes 2023 down 10.5% falling
133 Belize 74 tonnes 2023 up 27.6% volatile
134 Croatia 69 tonnes 2023 down 52.1% volatile
135 Oman 66 tonnes 2023 down 77.3% volatile
136 Aruba 60 tonnes 2023 down 3.2% rising
137 Chad 51 tonnes 2023 up 8.5% falling
138 Iraq 50 tonnes 2023 down 87.5% volatile
139 Antigua and Barbuda 43 tonnes 2023 down 85.6% volatile
140 Denmark 40 tonnes 2023 down 53.5% volatile
140 Lithuania 40 tonnes 2023 down 9.1% volatile
140 Slovenia 40 tonnes 2023 up 33.3% falling
143 Sweden 38 tonnes 2023 up 31.0% flat
144 Angola 37 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
144 Albania 37 tonnes 2023 down 82.9% flat
144 Djibouti 37 tonnes 2023 up 311.1% volatile
144 Netherlands Antilles 37 tonnes 2010 down 17.8% falling
149 Latvia 35 tonnes 2023 down 25.5% volatile
150 Eritrea 28 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
151 Guinea 27 tonnes 2023 down 65.4% falling
151 North Macedonia 27 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
153 Niger 26 tonnes 2023 down 7.1% volatile
154 Hong Kong 22 tonnes 2023 up 10.0% falling
154 Seychelles 22 tonnes 2023 down 31.2% volatile
156 Equatorial Guinea 21 tonnes 2023 down 58.8% volatile
157 Bermuda 19 tonnes 2023 down 55.8% rising
157 Samoa 19 tonnes 2023 up 1,800.0% volatile
159 Grenada 17 tonnes 2023 up 41.7% falling
160 Norway 16 tonnes 2023 up 128.6% falling
161 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 15 tonnes 2023 down 75.0% volatile
162 Bahrain 14 tonnes 2023 up 133.3% volatile
164 Comoros 13 tonnes 2023 up 160.0% volatile
164 Finland 13 tonnes 2023 down 50.0% volatile
166 Burundi 12 tonnes 2023 up 33.3% volatile
166 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12 tonnes 2023 down 57.1% volatile
166 Laos 12 tonnes 2023 down 77.8% volatile
166 Montenegro 12 tonnes 2023 up 100.0% volatile
166 Turks and Caicos Islands 12 tonnes 2023 down 7.7% volatile
171 Papua New Guinea 11 tonnes 2023 up 37.5% volatile
171 Vanuatu 11 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
173 Brunei 10 tonnes 2023 down 52.4% volatile
174 Anguilla 9 tonnes 2023 down 10.0% rising
175 Estonia 8 tonnes 2023 down 63.6% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 8 tonnes 2023 down 46.7% flat
177 Kiribati 7 tonnes 2023 up 133.3% volatile
177 Mongolia 7 tonnes 2023 up 16.7% rising
177 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 7 tonnes 2023 up 75.0% rising
180 New Caledonia 6 tonnes 2023 down 57.1% falling
181 Barbados 5 tonnes 2023 down 75.0% volatile
181 Cote d'Ivoire 5 tonnes 2023 down 76.2% volatile
181 Palau 5 tonnes 2023 up 150.0% volatile
181 Sao Tome and Principe 5 tonnes 2023 down 16.7% rising
181 Cook Islands 5 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
186 Cape Verde 4 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
187 Micronesia (country) 3 tonnes 2023 unchanged falling
187 Mali 3 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
189 Andorra 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
189 Bhutan 2 tonnes 2023 volatile
189 Faroe Islands 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged rising
189 Guam 2 tonnes 2023 up 100.0% volatile
189 British Virgin Islands 2 tonnes 2023 down 89.5% volatile
189 Montserrat 2 tonnes 2023 down 33.3% falling
189 Wallis and Futuna 2 tonnes 2023 unchanged flat
197 Greenland 1 tonnes 2023 unchanged flat
197 Nauru 1 tonnes 2023 volatile
197 Tonga 1 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
197 Tanzania 1 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
197 Saint Helena 1 tonnes 2023 unchanged volatile
202 Iceland 0 tonnes 2023 volatile
202 Northern Mariana Islands 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Tuvalu 0 tonnes 2023 flat
202 Niue 0 tonnes 2023 volatile
202 Falkland Islands 0 tonnes 2023 volatile
202 Tokelau 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
202 Vatican 0 tonnes 2023 flat
202 Norfolk Island 0 tonnes 2023 volatile
202 Pitcairn 0 tonnes 2023 volatile

About this data

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

Annual quantity of insecticides used in agriculture, measured as the tonnes of active ingredient per year.