Myanmar vs Samoa: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand

Myanmar

34.66 billion hectares

in 2009

Samoa

23.02 billion hectares

in 2023

Myanmar rank

3rd

Samoa rank

6th

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

Myanmar currently reports 34.66 billion hectares against 23.02 billion hectares in Samoa, a difference of 11.65 billion hectares.

That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.5 times Samoa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 1964 it was Samoa ahead.

Myanmar ranks 3rd and Samoa ranks 6th 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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