Grenada vs Nigeria: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand

Grenada

1.14 billion hectares

in 2023

Nigeria

1.24 billion hectares

in 2023

Grenada rank

30th

Nigeria rank

29th

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

Nigeria currently reports 1.24 billion hectares against 1.14 billion hectares in Grenada, a difference of 101.28 million hectares.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Grenada's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Grenada ranks 30th and Nigeria ranks 29th 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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