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
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.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.74 hectares per tonne | 1.51 hectares per tonne | 4.23 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 1970s | 11.24 hectares per tonne | 7.19 hectares per tonne | 4.04 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 1980s | 5.05 hectares per tonne | 2.81 hectares per tonne | 2.24 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 1990s | 3.39 hectares per tonne | 2.41 hectares per tonne | 0.9792 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.31 hectares per tonne | 2.85 hectares per tonne | 1.46 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 2010s | 13 hectares per tonne | 14.1 hectares per tonne | 1.09 hectares per tonne | Maldives |
| 2020s | 14.46 hectares per tonne | 17.12 hectares per tonne | 2.65 hectares per tonne | Maldives |
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, Kenya or Maldives?
- Kenya, at 29.32 hectares per tonne against 17.45 hectares per tonne in Maldives as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Kenya and Maldives?
- 11.87 hectares per tonne, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Maldives?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2021.
- How do Kenya and Maldives rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Kenya ranks 13th and Maldives ranks 15th 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.