Ghana vs Sri Lanka: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Ghana
12.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Sri Lanka
11.05 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Ghana rank
18th
Sri Lanka rank
21st
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Ghana
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 12.83 hectares per tonne against 11.05 hectares per tonne in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.78 hectares per tonne.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 18th and Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 5 and Sri Lanka in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.92 hectares per tonne | 3.55 hectares per tonne | 1.37 hectares per tonne | Ghana |
| 1970s | 5.56 hectares per tonne | 5.33 hectares per tonne | 0.2328 hectares per tonne | Ghana |
| 1980s | 6.92 hectares per tonne | 6.27 hectares per tonne | 0.6507 hectares per tonne | Ghana |
| 1990s | 6.47 hectares per tonne | 11.37 hectares per tonne | 4.9 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 8.02 hectares per tonne | 13.76 hectares per tonne | 5.74 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 9.99 hectares per tonne | 8.07 hectares per tonne | 1.92 hectares per tonne | Ghana |
| 2020s | 12.87 hectares per tonne | 9.14 hectares per tonne | 3.74 hectares per tonne | Ghana |
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, Ghana or Sri Lanka?
- Ghana, at 12.83 hectares per tonne against 11.05 hectares per tonne in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 1.78 hectares per tonne, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ghana and Sri Lanka rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Ghana ranks 18th and Sri Lanka ranks 21st 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.