Ecuador vs El Salvador: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Ecuador
1.66 hectares per tonne
in 2023
El Salvador
2.08 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ecuador rank
50th
El Salvador rank
47th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 2.08 hectares per tonne against 1.66 hectares per tonne in Ecuador, a difference of 0.42 hectares per tonne.
That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.3 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 47th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9095 hectares per tonne | 0.816 hectares per tonne | 0.0935 hectares per tonne | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.9223 hectares per tonne | 1.4 hectares per tonne | 0.4816 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 0.7413 hectares per tonne | 2.64 hectares per tonne | 1.9 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 0.9703 hectares per tonne | 2.18 hectares per tonne | 1.21 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 1.83 hectares per tonne | 2.21 hectares per tonne | 0.3815 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.53 hectares per tonne | 2.33 hectares per tonne | 0.8026 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.76 hectares per tonne | 2.11 hectares per tonne | 0.3492 hectares per tonne | El Salvador |
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, Ecuador or El Salvador?
- El Salvador, at 2.08 hectares per tonne against 1.66 hectares per tonne in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 0.42 hectares per tonne, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and El Salvador?
- 59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and El Salvador rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Ecuador ranks 50th and El Salvador ranks 47th 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.