Cameroon vs Comoros: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand

Cameroon

694.78 million hectares

in 2023

Comoros

571.06 million hectares

in 2009

Cameroon rank

41st

Comoros rank

44th

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

Cameroon currently reports 694.78 million hectares against 571.06 million hectares in Comoros, a difference of 123.72 million hectares.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.2 times Comoros's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 22 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Comoros ahead.

Cameroon ranks 41st and Comoros ranks 44th 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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