Cameroon vs Guinea-Bissau: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Cameroon
2.87 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
2.27 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cameroon rank
42nd
Guinea-Bissau rank
45th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Cameroon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 2.87 hectares per tonne against 2.27 hectares per tonne in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.6 hectares per tonne.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.3 times Guinea-Bissau's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 42nd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 45th of 59 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.24 hectares per tonne | 1.74 hectares per tonne | 1.5 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 1.7 hectares per tonne | 1.48 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2.61 hectares per tonne | 1.68 hectares per tonne | 0.9334 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2.3 hectares per tonne | 1.97 hectares per tonne | 0.3329 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 2.9 hectares per tonne | 2.23 hectares per tonne | 0.669 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 Guinea-Bissau?
- Cameroon, at 2.87 hectares per tonne against 2.27 hectares per tonne in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.6 hectares per tonne, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Guinea-Bissau ranks 45th 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.