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
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How they compare

Cook Islands currently reports 30.77 hectares per tonne against 19.17 hectares per tonne in Vanuatu, a difference of 11.59 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Unit
hectares per tonne
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,960 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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