Ecuador vs Jamaica: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Ecuador
1.66 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Jamaica
1.67 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ecuador rank
50th
Jamaica rank
49th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Ecuador
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 1.67 hectares per tonne against 1.66 hectares per tonne in Ecuador, a difference of 0.01 hectares per tonne.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Ecuador ranks 50th and Jamaica ranks 49th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9095 hectares per tonne | 4.94 hectares per tonne | 4.03 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 0.9223 hectares per tonne | 8.67 hectares per tonne | 7.75 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.7413 hectares per tonne | 10.12 hectares per tonne | 9.38 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 1.06 hectares per tonne | 9.23 hectares per tonne | 8.17 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 1.8 hectares per tonne | 5.49 hectares per tonne | 3.68 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 1.53 hectares per tonne | 1.76 hectares per tonne | 0.2302 hectares per tonne | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 1.76 hectares per tonne | 1.66 hectares per tonne | 0.0975 hectares per tonne | Ecuador |
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 Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 1.67 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 Jamaica?
- 0.01 hectares per tonne, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Jamaica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Jamaica rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Ecuador ranks 50th and Jamaica ranks 49th 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.