Brazil vs Ghana: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Brazil
15.06 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ghana
12.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Brazil rank
16th
Ghana rank
18th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Brazil
- Ghana
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 15.06 hectares per tonne against 12.83 hectares per tonne in Ghana, a difference of 2.23 hectares per tonne.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.2 times Ghana's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 16th and Ghana ranks 18th of 59 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 272.35 hectares per tonne | 4.92 hectares per tonne | 267.43 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1970s | 165.05 hectares per tonne | 5.56 hectares per tonne | 159.5 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1980s | 122.63 hectares per tonne | 6.92 hectares per tonne | 115.71 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1990s | 137.31 hectares per tonne | 6.47 hectares per tonne | 130.84 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2000s | 147.38 hectares per tonne | 8.02 hectares per tonne | 139.37 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2010s | 95.3 hectares per tonne | 9.99 hectares per tonne | 85.31 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2020s | 14.99 hectares per tonne | 12.87 hectares per tonne | 2.12 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
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, Brazil or Ghana?
- Brazil, at 15.06 hectares per tonne against 12.83 hectares per tonne in Ghana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Brazil and Ghana?
- 2.23 hectares per tonne, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Ghana rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Brazil ranks 16th and Ghana ranks 18th 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.