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

Benin
13.8 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ghana
12.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Benin rank
17th
Ghana rank
18th

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

  • Benin
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Benin currently reports 13.8 hectares per tonne against 12.83 hectares per tonne in Ghana, a difference of 0.9683 hectares per tonne.

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

The two have swapped places 7 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.

Benin ranks 17th and Ghana ranks 18th 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
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