Nicaragua vs Samoa: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Nicaragua
16.19 billion hectares
in 2023
Samoa
23.02 billion hectares
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
8th
Samoa rank
6th
Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand over time
- Nicaragua
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 23.02 billion hectares against 16.19 billion hectares in Nicaragua, a difference of 6.83 billion hectares.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 6th of 59 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 871.59 million hectares | 202.42 million hectares | 669.17 million hectares | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 1.72 billion hectares | 227.88 million hectares | 1.49 billion hectares | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 2.49 billion hectares | 610.32 million hectares | 1.88 billion hectares | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 4.72 billion hectares | 1.34 billion hectares | 3.39 billion hectares | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 13.69 billion hectares | 12.87 billion hectares | 826.59 million hectares | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand, Nicaragua or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 23.02 billion hectares against 16.19 billion hectares in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand between Nicaragua and Samoa?
- 6.83 billion hectares, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Samoa?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Samoa rank globally for area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand?
- Nicaragua ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 6th of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow coconut crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone.