Guyana vs Nicaragua: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Guyana
53.15 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nicaragua
66.88 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Guyana rank
9th
Nicaragua rank
8th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Guyana
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 66.88 hectares per tonne against 53.15 hectares per tonne in Guyana, a difference of 13.73 hectares per tonne.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.3 times Guyana's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Guyana ranks 9th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.68 hectares per tonne | 15.62 hectares per tonne | 9.95 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 5.21 hectares per tonne | 23.09 hectares per tonne | 17.88 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 6.89 hectares per tonne | 20.83 hectares per tonne | 13.94 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 6.27 hectares per tonne | 23.72 hectares per tonne | 17.45 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 79.82 hectares per tonne | 63.08 hectares per tonne | 16.75 hectares per tonne | Guyana |
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, Guyana or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 66.88 hectares per tonne against 53.15 hectares per tonne in Guyana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Guyana and Nicaragua?
- 13.73 hectares per tonne, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Nicaragua?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Guyana and Nicaragua rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Guyana ranks 9th and Nicaragua ranks 8th 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.