Benin vs Brazil: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Benin

13.8 hectares per tonne

in 2023

Brazil

15.06 hectares per tonne

in 2023

Benin rank

17th

Brazil rank

16th

Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time

Benin
Brazil

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 15.06 hectares per tonne against 13.8 hectares per tonne in Benin, a difference of 1.26 hectares per tonne.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Benin ranks 17th and Brazil ranks 16th of 59 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Unit: hectares per tonne
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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