Brazil vs Maldives: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Brazil
15.06 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Maldives
17.45 hectares per tonne
in 2021
Brazil rank
16th
Maldives rank
15th

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

  • Brazil
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 17.45 hectares per tonne against 15.06 hectares per tonne in Brazil, a difference of 2.39 hectares per tonne.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 16th and Maldives ranks 15th 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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