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
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 3.14 hectares per tonne against 2.87 hectares per tonne in Cameroon, a difference of 0.27 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.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Mozambique in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Mozambique | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.24 hectares per tonne | 2.95 hectares per tonne | 0.2901 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 2.94 hectares per tonne | 0.2368 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2.61 hectares per tonne | 2.37 hectares per tonne | 0.2433 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2.3 hectares per tonne | 3.36 hectares per tonne | 1.06 hectares per tonne | Mozambique |
| 2020s | 2.9 hectares per tonne | 3.1 hectares per tonne | 0.2037 hectares per tonne | Mozambique |
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 Mozambique?
- Mozambique, at 3.14 hectares per tonne against 2.87 hectares per tonne in Cameroon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Cameroon and Mozambique?
- 0.27 hectares per tonne, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mozambique?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Mozambique rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Mozambique ranks 40th 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.