Samoa vs Seychelles: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Samoa
23.02 billion hectares
in 2023
Seychelles
18.43 billion hectares
in 2023
Samoa rank
6th
Seychelles rank
7th
Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 23.02 billion hectares against 18.43 billion hectares in Seychelles, a difference of 4.59 billion hectares.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Seychelles's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Seychelles ahead.
Samoa ranks 6th and Seychelles ranks 7th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.48 billion hectares | 1.01 billion hectares | 2.47 billion hectares | Samoa |
| 1970s | 3.94 billion hectares | 2.93 billion hectares | 1.02 billion hectares | Samoa |
| 1980s | 858.28 million hectares | 1.17 billion hectares | 308.36 million hectares | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 227.88 million hectares | 971.47 million hectares | 743.60 million hectares | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 610.32 million hectares | 2.55 billion hectares | 1.94 billion hectares | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 1.34 billion hectares | 25.50 billion hectares | 24.17 billion hectares | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 12.87 billion hectares | 21.80 billion hectares | 8.93 billion hectares | Seychelles |
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, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 23.02 billion hectares against 18.43 billion hectares in Seychelles as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 4.59 billion hectares, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand?
- Samoa ranks 6th and Seychelles ranks 7th 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
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