Cook Islands vs Vanuatu: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Cook Islands
30.77 hectares per tonne
in 1987
Vanuatu
19.17 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Cook Islands rank
12th
Vanuatu rank
14th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Cook Islands
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 30.77 hectares per tonne against 19.17 hectares per tonne in Vanuatu, a difference of 11.6 hectares per tonne.
That makes Cook Islands's figure about 1.6 times Vanuatu's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 27 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Cook Islands ranks 12th and Vanuatu ranks 14th of 59 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cook Islands averaged higher in 2 and Vanuatu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cook Islands | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167.81 hectares per tonne | 213.15 hectares per tonne | 45.33 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 210.79 hectares per tonne | 85.4 hectares per tonne | 125.4 hectares per tonne | Cook Islands |
| 1980s | 73.54 hectares per tonne | 71.79 hectares per tonne | 1.75 hectares per tonne | Cook Islands |
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, Cook Islands or Vanuatu?
- Cook Islands, at 30.77 hectares per tonne against 19.17 hectares per tonne in Vanuatu as of 1987.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Cook Islands and Vanuatu?
- 11.6 hectares per tonne, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cook Islands and Vanuatu?
- 27 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1987.
- How do Cook Islands and Vanuatu rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Cook Islands ranks 12th and Vanuatu ranks 14th 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.