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
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.
Across the 6 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.88 hectares per tonne | 3.04 hectares per tonne | 1.17 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 1980s | 1.7 hectares per tonne | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 0.1079 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.4 hectares per tonne | 6.24 hectares per tonne | 4.83 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 2000s | 1.36 hectares per tonne | 4.25 hectares per tonne | 2.89 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 2010s | 1.12 hectares per tonne | 1.06 hectares per tonne | 0.0548 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
| 2020s | 0.9441 hectares per tonne | 0.4377 hectares per tonne | 0.5064 hectares per tonne | Mexico |
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, Mexico or Tonga?
- Mexico, at 0.9574 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Mexico and Tonga?
- 0.625 hectares per tonne, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Tonga?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2023.
- How do Mexico and Tonga rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Mexico ranks 56th and Tonga ranks 59th 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.