Kiribati vs Nigeria: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Kiribati
5.27 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nigeria
5.13 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kiribati rank
28th
Nigeria rank
29th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Kiribati
- Nigeria
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 5.27 hectares per tonne against 5.13 hectares per tonne in Nigeria, a difference of 0.14 hectares per tonne.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 29th of 59 countries.
Kiribati has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 110.69 hectares per tonne | 12.34 hectares per tonne | 98.36 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 75.18 hectares per tonne | 6.67 hectares per tonne | 68.51 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 1980s | 71.21 hectares per tonne | 5.09 hectares per tonne | 66.13 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 1990s | 51.1 hectares per tonne | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 47.92 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 2000s | 21.6 hectares per tonne | 4.23 hectares per tonne | 17.36 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 2010s | 6.54 hectares per tonne | 3.53 hectares per tonne | 3.01 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
| 2020s | 5.98 hectares per tonne | 4.68 hectares per tonne | 1.3 hectares per tonne | Kiribati |
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, Kiribati or Nigeria?
- Kiribati, at 5.27 hectares per tonne against 5.13 hectares per tonne in Nigeria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Kiribati and Nigeria?
- 0.14 hectares per tonne, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Nigeria?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Nigeria rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Kiribati ranks 28th and Nigeria ranks 29th 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.