Benin vs Vanuatu: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand

Benin

3.34 billion hectares

in 2023

Vanuatu

4.64 billion hectares

in 2023

Benin rank

16th

Vanuatu rank

13th

Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand over time

Vanuatu currently reports 4.64 billion hectares against 3.34 billion hectares in Benin, a difference of 1.30 billion hectares.

That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.4 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Benin ranks 16th and Vanuatu ranks 13th of 59 countries.

Indicator: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Unit: hectares
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: 59 places, 2,960 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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