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

Panama

11.76 billion hectares

in 2023

Vanuatu

4.64 billion hectares

in 2023

Panama rank

10th

Vanuatu rank

13th

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

Panama currently reports 11.76 billion hectares against 4.64 billion hectares in Vanuatu, a difference of 7.12 billion hectares.

That makes Panama's figure about 2.5 times Vanuatu's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Panama ranks 10th and Vanuatu ranks 13th 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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