Brazil vs Kenya: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Brazil
15.06 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Brazil rank
16th
Kenya rank
13th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Brazil
- Kenya
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 29.32 hectares per tonne against 15.06 hectares per tonne in Brazil, a difference of 14.26 hectares per tonne.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.9 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 16th and Kenya ranks 13th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Kenya in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 245.72 hectares per tonne | 5.74 hectares per tonne | 239.98 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1970s | 159.19 hectares per tonne | 11.24 hectares per tonne | 147.95 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1980s | 122.63 hectares per tonne | 5.05 hectares per tonne | 117.58 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1990s | 137.31 hectares per tonne | 3.39 hectares per tonne | 133.92 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2000s | 147.38 hectares per tonne | 4.31 hectares per tonne | 143.07 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2010s | 95.3 hectares per tonne | 13 hectares per tonne | 82.29 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2020s | 14.99 hectares per tonne | 17.57 hectares per tonne | 2.58 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
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 Kenya?
- Kenya, at 29.32 hectares per tonne against 15.06 hectares per tonne in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Brazil and Kenya?
- 14.26 hectares per tonne, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Kenya?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Kenya rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Brazil ranks 16th and Kenya ranks 13th 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.