Brazil vs Vanuatu: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Brazil
15.06 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Vanuatu
19.17 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Brazil rank
16th
Vanuatu rank
14th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Brazil
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Vanuatu currently reports 19.17 hectares per tonne against 15.06 hectares per tonne in Brazil, a difference of 4.11 hectares per tonne.
That makes Vanuatu's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Brazil ranks 16th and Vanuatu ranks 14th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Vanuatu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 272.35 hectares per tonne | 213.15 hectares per tonne | 59.2 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1970s | 165.05 hectares per tonne | 85.4 hectares per tonne | 79.66 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1980s | 122.63 hectares per tonne | 76.85 hectares per tonne | 45.78 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 1990s | 137.31 hectares per tonne | 128.83 hectares per tonne | 8.48 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2000s | 147.38 hectares per tonne | 12.14 hectares per tonne | 135.25 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2010s | 95.3 hectares per tonne | 9.65 hectares per tonne | 85.64 hectares per tonne | Brazil |
| 2020s | 14.99 hectares per tonne | 24.74 hectares per tonne | 9.75 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
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 Vanuatu?
- Vanuatu, at 19.17 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 Vanuatu?
- 4.11 hectares per tonne, with Vanuatu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Vanuatu?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Vanuatu rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Brazil ranks 16th and Vanuatu ranks 14th 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.