Samoa vs Tuvalu: Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Samoa
23.02 billion hectares
in 2023
Tuvalu
30.23 billion hectares
in 2023
Samoa rank
6th
Tuvalu rank
5th
Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand over time
- Samoa
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 30.23 billion hectares against 23.02 billion hectares in Samoa, a difference of 7.21 billion hectares.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Samoa ranks 6th and Tuvalu ranks 5th of 59 countries.
Tuvalu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.48 billion hectares | 6.36 billion hectares | 2.88 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 4.18 billion hectares | 7.01 billion hectares | 2.83 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 858.28 million hectares | 9.03 billion hectares | 8.17 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 227.88 million hectares | 6.79 billion hectares | 6.56 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 610.32 million hectares | 10.29 billion hectares | 9.68 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 1.34 billion hectares | 17.81 billion hectares | 16.47 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 12.87 billion hectares | 29.48 billion hectares | 16.61 billion hectares | Tuvalu |
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 Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 30.23 billion hectares against 23.02 billion hectares in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand between Samoa and Tuvalu?
- 7.21 billion hectares, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tuvalu?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Tuvalu rank globally for area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand?
- Samoa ranks 6th and Tuvalu ranks 5th 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.