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

Panama

11.76 billion hectares

in 2023

Seychelles

18.43 billion hectares

in 2023

Panama rank

10th

Seychelles rank

7th

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

Seychelles currently reports 18.43 billion hectares against 11.76 billion hectares in Panama, a difference of 6.67 billion hectares.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.6 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 10th 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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