Panama vs Seychelles: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil

Panama
48.57 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Seychelles
76.1 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Panama rank
10th
Seychelles rank
7th

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

  • Panama
  • Seychelles
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How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 76.1 hectares per tonne against 48.57 hectares per tonne in Panama, a difference of 27.53 hectares per tonne.

That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.6 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 39 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 10th and Seychelles ranks 7th 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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