Guinea vs Sri Lanka: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Guinea
10.41 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Sri Lanka
11.05 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Guinea rank
22nd
Sri Lanka rank
21st
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Guinea
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 11.05 hectares per tonne against 10.41 hectares per tonne in Guinea, a difference of 0.64 hectares per tonne.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 22nd and Sri Lanka ranks 21st of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 3.55 hectares per tonne | 1.08 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 1970s | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 5.33 hectares per tonne | 0.6963 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 4.63 hectares per tonne | 6.27 hectares per tonne | 1.64 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 4.29 hectares per tonne | 11.37 hectares per tonne | 7.08 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 6.82 hectares per tonne | 13.76 hectares per tonne | 6.94 hectares per tonne | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 9.42 hectares per tonne | 8.07 hectares per tonne | 1.36 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
| 2020s | 9.99 hectares per tonne | 9.14 hectares per tonne | 0.8481 hectares per tonne | Guinea |
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, Guinea or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 11.05 hectares per tonne against 10.41 hectares per tonne in Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Guinea and Sri Lanka?
- 0.64 hectares per tonne, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Guinea and Sri Lanka rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Guinea ranks 22nd 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.