Cameroon vs Papua New Guinea: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Cameroon
2.87 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cameroon rank
42nd
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Cameroon
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 3.83 hectares per tonne against 2.87 hectares per tonne in Cameroon, a difference of 0.96 hectares per tonne.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 59 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.24 hectares per tonne | 6.17 hectares per tonne | 2.93 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 6.62 hectares per tonne | 3.45 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 2.61 hectares per tonne | 4.32 hectares per tonne | 1.71 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 2.3 hectares per tonne | 8.31 hectares per tonne | 6.01 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 2.9 hectares per tonne | 4.27 hectares per tonne | 1.38 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
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 Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 3.83 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 Papua New Guinea?
- 0.96 hectares per tonne, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Papua New Guinea?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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.