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
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.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Maldives in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 272.35 hectares per tonne | 1.56 hectares per tonne | 270.79 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1970s | 165.05 hectares per tonne | 6.04 hectares per tonne | 159.01 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1980s | 122.63 hectares per tonne | 2.81 hectares per tonne | 119.83 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1990s | 137.31 hectares per tonne | 2.41 hectares per tonne | 134.89 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2000s | 147.38 hectares per tonne | 2.85 hectares per tonne | 144.53 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2010s | 95.3 hectares per tonne | 14.1 hectares per tonne | 81.2 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2020s | 14.98 hectares per tonne | 17.12 hectares per tonne | 2.14 hectares per tonne | Maldives |
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 Maldives?
- Maldives, at 17.45 hectares per tonne against 15.06 hectares per tonne in Brazil as of 2021.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Brazil and Maldives?
- 2.39 hectares per tonne, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Maldives?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2021.
- How do Brazil and Maldives rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Brazil ranks 16th 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.