Cameroon vs Cote d'Ivoire: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Cameroon
2.87 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cote d'Ivoire
2.72 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cameroon rank
42nd
Cote d'Ivoire rank
43rd
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Cameroon
- Cote d'Ivoire
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2.87 hectares per tonne against 2.72 hectares per tonne in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 0.15 hectares per tonne.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Cote d'Ivoire's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 42nd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 43rd of 59 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Cote d'Ivoire | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.24 hectares per tonne | 1.27 hectares per tonne | 1.97 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 1.78 hectares per tonne | 1.4 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2.61 hectares per tonne | 1.85 hectares per tonne | 0.7629 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2.3 hectares per tonne | 2.01 hectares per tonne | 0.2856 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 2.9 hectares per tonne | 2.6 hectares per tonne | 0.3034 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
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, Cameroon or Cote d'Ivoire?
- Cameroon, at 2.87 hectares per tonne against 2.72 hectares per tonne in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 0.15 hectares per tonne, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 43rd 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.