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 0.31 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.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.85 hectares per tonne | 13.23 hectares per tonne | 8.37 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 1970s | 5.58 hectares per tonne | 8.56 hectares per tonne | 2.98 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 1980s | 5.57 hectares per tonne | 8.29 hectares per tonne | 2.72 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 1990s | 4.64 hectares per tonne | 7.04 hectares per tonne | 2.4 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 2000s | 4.73 hectares per tonne | 5.54 hectares per tonne | 0.809 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 2010s | 4.57 hectares per tonne | 6.82 hectares per tonne | 2.25 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
| 2020s | 4.09 hectares per tonne | 4.5 hectares per tonne | 0.4115 hectares per tonne | Thailand |
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 Thailand?
- Thailand, at 4.46 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 Thailand?
- 0.31 hectares per tonne, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Thailand?
- 58 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Thailand rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- India ranks 36th and Thailand ranks 33rd 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.