Kenya vs Panama: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Panama
48.57 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kenya rank
13th
Panama rank
10th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Kenya
- Panama
How they compare
Panama currently reports 48.57 hectares per tonne against 29.32 hectares per tonne in Kenya, a difference of 19.25 hectares per tonne.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.7 times Kenya's.
Across all 39 years both countries report, Panama has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 13th and Panama ranks 10th of 59 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Panama | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.55 hectares per tonne | 59.63 hectares per tonne | 56.08 hectares per tonne | Panama |
| 1990s | 3.39 hectares per tonne | 222.26 hectares per tonne | 218.87 hectares per tonne | Panama |
| 2000s | 4.31 hectares per tonne | 220.95 hectares per tonne | 216.64 hectares per tonne | Panama |
| 2010s | 13 hectares per tonne | 207.38 hectares per tonne | 194.37 hectares per tonne | Panama |
| 2020s | 17.57 hectares per tonne | 133.13 hectares per tonne | 115.55 hectares per tonne | Panama |
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 Panama?
- Panama, at 48.57 hectares per tonne against 29.32 hectares per tonne in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Kenya and Panama?
- 19.25 hectares per tonne, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Panama?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Panama rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Kenya ranks 13th and Panama ranks 10th 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.