Kenya vs Maldives: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Maldives
17.45 hectares per tonne
in 2021
Kenya rank
13th
Maldives rank
15th

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

  • Kenya
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 29.32 hectares per tonne against 17.45 hectares per tonne in Maldives, a difference of 11.87 hectares per tonne.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.7 times Maldives's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 13th and Maldives ranks 15th 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
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