Benin vs Maldives: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Benin
13.8 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Maldives
17.45 hectares per tonne
in 2021
Benin rank
17th
Maldives rank
15th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Benin
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 17.45 hectares per tonne against 13.8 hectares per tonne in Benin, a difference of 3.65 hectares per tonne.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 17th and Maldives ranks 15th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 6 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.98 hectares per tonne | 1.56 hectares per tonne | 5.42 hectares per tonne | Benin |
| 1970s | 10.56 hectares per tonne | 6.04 hectares per tonne | 4.51 hectares per tonne | Benin |
| 1980s | 7.76 hectares per tonne | 2.81 hectares per tonne | 4.96 hectares per tonne | Benin |
| 1990s | 6.3 hectares per tonne | 2.41 hectares per tonne | 3.89 hectares per tonne | Benin |
| 2000s | 7.32 hectares per tonne | 2.85 hectares per tonne | 4.47 hectares per tonne | Benin |
| 2010s | 9.99 hectares per tonne | 15.61 hectares per tonne | 5.63 hectares per tonne | Maldives |
| 2020s | 18.15 hectares per tonne | 17.12 hectares per tonne | 1.03 hectares per tonne | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil, Benin or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 17.45 hectares per tonne against 13.8 hectares per tonne in Benin as of 2021.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Benin and Maldives?
- 3.65 hectares per tonne, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Maldives?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2021.
- How do Benin and Maldives rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Benin ranks 17th and Maldives ranks 15th 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 produce one tonne of vegetable oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area of coconut crops harvested to produce a tonne of coconut oil. This metric is the inverse of oil yields, and represents the amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow a given crop to produce one tonne of oil.