Ecuador vs Venezuela: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Ecuador
1.66 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Venezuela
1.71 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ecuador rank
50th
Venezuela rank
48th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Ecuador
- Venezuela
How they compare
Venezuela currently reports 1.71 hectares per tonne against 1.66 hectares per tonne in Ecuador, a difference of 0.05 hectares per tonne.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Venezuela ahead.
Ecuador ranks 50th and Venezuela ranks 48th of 59 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 1 and Venezuela in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8865 hectares per tonne | 1.8 hectares per tonne | 0.9133 hectares per tonne | Venezuela |
| 1980s | 0.7413 hectares per tonne | 3.06 hectares per tonne | 2.32 hectares per tonne | Venezuela |
| 1990s | 1.06 hectares per tonne | 2.76 hectares per tonne | 1.7 hectares per tonne | Venezuela |
| 2000s | 1.8 hectares per tonne | 2.03 hectares per tonne | 0.2308 hectares per tonne | Venezuela |
| 2010s | 1.53 hectares per tonne | 1.72 hectares per tonne | 0.1953 hectares per tonne | Venezuela |
| 2020s | 1.76 hectares per tonne | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 0.1632 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 Venezuela?
- Venezuela, at 1.71 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 Venezuela?
- 0.05 hectares per tonne, with Venezuela ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Venezuela?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Venezuela rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Ecuador ranks 50th and Venezuela ranks 48th 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.