Fiji vs Tonga: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Fiji
0.5883 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Tonga
0.3324 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Fiji rank
57th
Tonga rank
59th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Fiji
- Tonga
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 0.5883 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga, a difference of 0.2559 hectares per tonne.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.8 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 57th and Tonga ranks 59th of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 4 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.77 hectares per tonne | 1.51 hectares per tonne | 4.26 hectares per tonne | Fiji |
| 1990s | 8.74 hectares per tonne | 6.24 hectares per tonne | 2.5 hectares per tonne | Fiji |
| 2000s | 7.75 hectares per tonne | 4.25 hectares per tonne | 3.5 hectares per tonne | Fiji |
| 2010s | 0.6768 hectares per tonne | 1.49 hectares per tonne | 0.8149 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 2020s | 0.5883 hectares per tonne | 0.3324 hectares per tonne | 0.2559 hectares per tonne | Fiji |
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, Fiji or Tonga?
- Fiji, at 0.5883 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Fiji and Tonga?
- 0.2559 hectares per tonne, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Tonga?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Fiji and Tonga rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Fiji ranks 57th and Tonga ranks 59th 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.