Cameroon vs Philippines: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Cameroon
2.87 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Philippines
3.02 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cameroon rank
42nd
Philippines rank
41st
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Cameroon
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 3.02 hectares per tonne against 2.87 hectares per tonne in Cameroon, a difference of 0.15 hectares per tonne.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Philippines ahead.
Cameroon ranks 42nd and Philippines ranks 41st of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.24 hectares per tonne | 2.8 hectares per tonne | 0.4322 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 2.52 hectares per tonne | 0.6552 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 2.61 hectares per tonne | 2.23 hectares per tonne | 0.3863 hectares per tonne | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2.3 hectares per tonne | 2.82 hectares per tonne | 0.5171 hectares per tonne | Philippines |
| 2020s | 2.9 hectares per tonne | 3.21 hectares per tonne | 0.3104 hectares per tonne | Philippines |
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 Philippines?
- Philippines, at 3.02 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 Philippines?
- 0.15 hectares per tonne, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Philippines?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Cameroon and Philippines rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cameroon ranks 42nd and Philippines ranks 41st 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.