Puerto Rico vs Tonga: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Puerto Rico
0.4834 hectares per tonne
in 2009
Tonga
0.3324 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Puerto Rico rank
58th
Tonga rank
59th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Puerto Rico
- Tonga
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 0.4834 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga, a difference of 0.151 hectares per tonne.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.5 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Tonga ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 58th and Tonga ranks 59th of 59 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1.48 hectares per tonne | 3.04 hectares per tonne | 1.57 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 1980s | 1.46 hectares per tonne | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 0.1361 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 1990s | 1.43 hectares per tonne | 6.24 hectares per tonne | 4.81 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
| 2000s | 0.672 hectares per tonne | 4.25 hectares per tonne | 3.58 hectares per tonne | Tonga |
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, Puerto Rico or Tonga?
- Puerto Rico, at 0.4834 hectares per tonne against 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga as of 2009.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Puerto Rico and Tonga?
- 0.151 hectares per tonne, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Tonga?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2009.
- How do Puerto Rico and Tonga rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Puerto Rico ranks 58th 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.