India vs Papua New Guinea: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
India
4.15 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.83 hectares per tonne
in 2023
India rank
36th
Papua New Guinea rank
39th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- India
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
India currently reports 4.15 hectares per tonne against 3.83 hectares per tonne in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.32 hectares per tonne.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
India ranks 36th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.85 hectares per tonne | 9.74 hectares per tonne | 4.89 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 5.58 hectares per tonne | 7.97 hectares per tonne | 2.38 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 5.57 hectares per tonne | 6.15 hectares per tonne | 0.5786 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 4.64 hectares per tonne | 6.62 hectares per tonne | 1.98 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 4.73 hectares per tonne | 4.49 hectares per tonne | 0.2388 hectares per tonne | India |
| 2010s | 4.3 hectares per tonne | 8.67 hectares per tonne | 4.37 hectares per tonne | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.95 hectares per tonne | 4.27 hectares per tonne | 0.3272 hectares per tonne | Papua New 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, India or Papua New Guinea?
- India, at 4.15 hectares per tonne against 3.83 hectares per tonne in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between India and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.32 hectares per tonne, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Papua New Guinea?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Papua New Guinea rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- India ranks 36th and Papua New Guinea ranks 39th 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.