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French Polynesia vs Nigeria: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

French Polynesia
5.66 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nigeria
5.13 hectares per tonne
in 2023
French Polynesia rank
27th
Nigeria rank
29th

Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time

  • French Polynesia
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 5.66 hectares per tonne against 5.13 hectares per tonne in Nigeria, a difference of 0.5271 hectares per tonne.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.1 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was French Polynesia ahead.

French Polynesia ranks 27th and Nigeria ranks 29th of 59 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Unit
hectares per tonne
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,960 data points, 1961–2023
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