Kenya vs Vanuatu: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Vanuatu
19.17 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kenya rank
13th
Vanuatu rank
14th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Kenya
- Vanuatu
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 29.32 hectares per tonne against 19.17 hectares per tonne in Vanuatu, a difference of 10.15 hectares per tonne.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.5 times Vanuatu's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Vanuatu ahead.
Kenya ranks 13th and Vanuatu ranks 14th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Vanuatu in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Vanuatu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.74 hectares per tonne | 213.81 hectares per tonne | 208.07 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 1970s | 11.24 hectares per tonne | 52 hectares per tonne | 40.76 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 1980s | 5.05 hectares per tonne | 76.85 hectares per tonne | 71.8 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 1990s | 3.39 hectares per tonne | 128.83 hectares per tonne | 125.44 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 2000s | 4.31 hectares per tonne | 12.14 hectares per tonne | 7.82 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
| 2010s | 13 hectares per tonne | 9.65 hectares per tonne | 3.35 hectares per tonne | Kenya |
| 2020s | 17.57 hectares per tonne | 24.74 hectares per tonne | 7.17 hectares per tonne | Vanuatu |
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 Vanuatu?
- Kenya, at 29.32 hectares per tonne against 19.17 hectares per tonne in Vanuatu as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Kenya and Vanuatu?
- 10.15 hectares per tonne, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Vanuatu?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Vanuatu rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Kenya ranks 13th and Vanuatu ranks 14th 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.