Guyana vs Samoa: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Guyana
53.15 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Samoa
95.07 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Guyana rank
9th
Samoa rank
6th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Guyana
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 95.07 hectares per tonne against 53.15 hectares per tonne in Guyana, a difference of 41.92 hectares per tonne.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.8 times Guyana's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Guyana ahead.
Guyana ranks 9th and Samoa ranks 6th of 59 countries.
Guyana has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5.68 hectares per tonne | 3.65 hectares per tonne | 2.03 hectares per tonne | Guyana |
| 1990s | 5.21 hectares per tonne | 3.04 hectares per tonne | 2.17 hectares per tonne | Guyana |
| 2000s | 6.89 hectares per tonne | 5.13 hectares per tonne | 1.77 hectares per tonne | Guyana |
| 2010s | 6.27 hectares per tonne | 5.27 hectares per tonne | 1 hectares per tonne | Guyana |
| 2020s | 79.82 hectares per tonne | 60.06 hectares per tonne | 19.76 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 Samoa?
- Samoa, at 95.07 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 Samoa?
- 41.92 hectares per tonne, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Samoa?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Guyana and Samoa rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Guyana ranks 9th and Samoa ranks 6th 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.