India vs Indonesia: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
India
4.15 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Indonesia
4.35 hectares per tonne
in 2023
India rank
36th
Indonesia rank
34th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- India
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 4.35 hectares per tonne against 4.15 hectares per tonne in India, a difference of 0.2 hectares per tonne.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
India ranks 36th and Indonesia ranks 34th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Indonesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.85 hectares per tonne | 4.14 hectares per tonne | 0.709 hectares per tonne | India |
| 1970s | 5.58 hectares per tonne | 3.1 hectares per tonne | 2.48 hectares per tonne | India |
| 1980s | 5.57 hectares per tonne | 3.32 hectares per tonne | 2.25 hectares per tonne | India |
| 1990s | 4.64 hectares per tonne | 3.55 hectares per tonne | 1.09 hectares per tonne | India |
| 2000s | 4.73 hectares per tonne | 3.5 hectares per tonne | 1.23 hectares per tonne | India |
| 2010s | 4.3 hectares per tonne | 3.2 hectares per tonne | 1.1 hectares per tonne | India |
| 2020s | 3.95 hectares per tonne | 4.41 hectares per tonne | 0.4665 hectares per tonne | Indonesia |
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, India or Indonesia?
- Indonesia, at 4.35 hectares per tonne against 4.15 hectares per tonne in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between India and Indonesia?
- 0.2 hectares per tonne, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Indonesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Indonesia rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- India ranks 36th and Indonesia ranks 34th 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.