Ecuador vs Suriname: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Ecuador
1.66 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Suriname
1.3 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ecuador rank
50th
Suriname rank
53rd
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Ecuador
- Suriname
How they compare
Ecuador currently reports 1.66 hectares per tonne against 1.3 hectares per tonne in Suriname, a difference of 0.36 hectares per tonne.
That makes Ecuador's figure about 1.3 times Suriname's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Suriname ahead.
Ecuador ranks 50th and Suriname ranks 53rd of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Suriname in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Suriname | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8448 hectares per tonne | 2.33 hectares per tonne | 1.48 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1970s | 0.9223 hectares per tonne | 2.19 hectares per tonne | 1.26 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1980s | 0.7413 hectares per tonne | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 0.8632 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1990s | 1.06 hectares per tonne | 1.22 hectares per tonne | 0.1613 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 2000s | 1.8 hectares per tonne | 1.15 hectares per tonne | 0.6574 hectares per tonne | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 1.53 hectares per tonne | 0.8953 hectares per tonne | 0.6307 hectares per tonne | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1.76 hectares per tonne | 0.9494 hectares per tonne | 0.8129 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 Suriname?
- Ecuador, at 1.66 hectares per tonne against 1.3 hectares per tonne in Suriname as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Ecuador and Suriname?
- 0.36 hectares per tonne, with Ecuador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Suriname?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Suriname rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Ecuador ranks 50th and Suriname ranks 53rd 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.