India vs Thailand: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

India

4.15 hectares per tonne

in 2023

Thailand

4.46 hectares per tonne

in 2023

India rank

36th

Thailand rank

33rd

Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time

India
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 4.46 hectares per tonne against 4.15 hectares per tonne in India, a difference of 0.3124 hectares per tonne.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Across all 58 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.

India ranks 36th and Thailand ranks 33rd of 59 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Unit: hectares per tonne
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 2,960 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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