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 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.

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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