Nigeria vs Tanzania: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Nigeria
5.13 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Tanzania
6.15 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Nigeria rank
29th
Tanzania rank
26th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Nigeria
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 6.15 hectares per tonne against 5.13 hectares per tonne in Nigeria, a difference of 1.02 hectares per tonne.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Tanzania has been ahead every year.
Nigeria ranks 29th and Tanzania ranks 26th of 59 countries.
Tanzania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.99 hectares per tonne | 17.95 hectares per tonne | 5.96 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 1970s | 6.67 hectares per tonne | 15.73 hectares per tonne | 9.06 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 1980s | 5.09 hectares per tonne | 15.34 hectares per tonne | 10.26 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 3.18 hectares per tonne | 16.93 hectares per tonne | 13.75 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 4.23 hectares per tonne | 26.96 hectares per tonne | 22.72 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 3.53 hectares per tonne | 19.32 hectares per tonne | 15.79 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 4.68 hectares per tonne | 6.63 hectares per tonne | 1.95 hectares per tonne | Tanzania |
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, Nigeria or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 6.15 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 Nigeria and Tanzania?
- 1.02 hectares per tonne, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Tanzania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nigeria and Tanzania rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Nigeria ranks 29th and Tanzania ranks 26th 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.