Comoros vs Papua New Guinea: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Comoros
3.98 hectares per tonne
in 2009
Papua New Guinea
3.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Comoros rank
37th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Comoros
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Comoros currently reports 3.98 hectares per tonne against 3.83 hectares per tonne in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.15 hectares per tonne.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 47 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Comoros ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.26 hectares per tonne | 9.74 hectares per tonne | 0.5206 hectares per tonne | Comoros |
| 1970s | 9.72 hectares per tonne | 7.97 hectares per tonne | 1.76 hectares per tonne | Comoros |
| 1980s | 8.68 hectares per tonne | 6.15 hectares per tonne | 2.54 hectares per tonne | Comoros |
| 1990s | 6.76 hectares per tonne | 6.62 hectares per tonne | 0.136 hectares per tonne | Comoros |
| 2000s | 4.02 hectares per tonne | 4.39 hectares per tonne | 0.3715 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, Comoros or Papua New Guinea?
- Comoros, at 3.98 hectares per tonne against 3.83 hectares per tonne in Papua New Guinea as of 2009.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.15 hectares per tonne, with Comoros ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Papua New Guinea?
- 47 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2009.
- How do Comoros and Papua New Guinea rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Comoros ranks 37th 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.