Costa Rica vs Guinea: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Costa Rica
6.41 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Guinea
10.41 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
25th
Guinea rank
22nd
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Costa Rica
- Guinea
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 10.41 hectares per tonne against 6.41 hectares per tonne in Costa Rica, a difference of 4 hectares per tonne.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 25th and Guinea ranks 22nd of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.57 hectares per tonne | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 2.06 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 1970s | 2.05 hectares per tonne | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 2.58 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 1980s | 2.49 hectares per tonne | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 2.14 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 1990s | 7.6 hectares per tonne | 4.29 hectares per tonne | 3.31 hectares per tonne | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 17.39 hectares per tonne | 6.82 hectares per tonne | 10.57 hectares per tonne | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 7.74 hectares per tonne | 9.41 hectares per tonne | 1.67 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 2020s | 6.01 hectares per tonne | 10.03 hectares per tonne | 4.02 hectares per tonne | 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, Costa Rica or Guinea?
- Guinea, at 10.41 hectares per tonne against 6.41 hectares per tonne in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Costa Rica and Guinea?
- 4 hectares per tonne, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guinea?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Guinea rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Costa Rica ranks 25th and Guinea ranks 22nd 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.