Mexico vs Tonga: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Mexico
0.9574 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Tonga
0.3324 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Mexico rank
56th
Tonga rank
59th

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

  • Mexico
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Mexico currently reports 0.9574 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga, a difference of 0.625 hectares per tonne.

That makes Mexico's figure about 2.9 times Tonga's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Tonga ahead.

Mexico ranks 56th and Tonga ranks 59th 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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