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.

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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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