Guyana vs Seychelles: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand

Guyana

12.87 billion hectares

in 2023

Seychelles

18.43 billion hectares

in 2023

Guyana rank

9th

Seychelles rank

7th

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

Seychelles currently reports 18.43 billion hectares against 12.87 billion hectares in Guyana, a difference of 5.56 billion hectares.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.4 times Guyana's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Seychelles ahead.

Guyana ranks 9th and Seychelles ranks 7th 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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