Nicaragua vs Samoa: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Nicaragua
66.88 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Samoa
95.07 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
8th
Samoa rank
6th

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

  • Nicaragua
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 95.07 hectares per tonne against 66.88 hectares per tonne in Nicaragua, a difference of 28.19 hectares per tonne.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Nicaragua's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Nicaragua ranks 8th and Samoa ranks 6th 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
Last refreshed

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