Cameroon vs Mozambique: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Cameroon
2.87 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Mozambique
3.14 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cameroon rank
42nd
Mozambique rank
40th

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

  • Cameroon
  • Mozambique
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 3.14 hectares per tonne against 2.87 hectares per tonne in Cameroon, a difference of 0.267 hectares per tonne.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 42nd and Mozambique ranks 40th 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
Last refreshed

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