Nicaragua vs Seychelles: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Nicaragua
66.88 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Seychelles
76.1 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nicaragua rank
8th
Seychelles rank
7th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Nicaragua
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 76.1 hectares per tonne against 66.88 hectares per tonne in Nicaragua, a difference of 9.22 hectares per tonne.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Seychelles ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 8th and Seychelles ranks 7th of 59 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Nicaragua averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15.62 hectares per tonne | 23.25 hectares per tonne | 7.62 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 23.09 hectares per tonne | 14.02 hectares per tonne | 9.07 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 20.83 hectares per tonne | 19.09 hectares per tonne | 1.75 hectares per tonne | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 24.46 hectares per tonne | 131.48 hectares per tonne | 107.02 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 57.88 hectares per tonne | 92.74 hectares per tonne | 34.86 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
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, Nicaragua or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 76.1 hectares per tonne against 66.88 hectares per tonne in Nicaragua as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Nicaragua and Seychelles?
- 9.22 hectares per tonne, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Seychelles?
- 39 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Seychelles rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Nicaragua ranks 8th and Seychelles ranks 7th 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.