Samoa vs Seychelles: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Samoa
95.07 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Seychelles
76.1 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Samoa rank
6th
Seychelles rank
7th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Samoa
- Seychelles
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 95.07 hectares per tonne against 76.1 hectares per tonne in Seychelles, a difference of 18.97 hectares per tonne.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Seychelles's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Seychelles ahead.
Samoa ranks 6th and Seychelles ranks 7th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 2 and Seychelles in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.95 hectares per tonne | 47 hectares per tonne | 102.95 hectares per tonne | Samoa |
| 1970s | 122.07 hectares per tonne | 95.48 hectares per tonne | 26.59 hectares per tonne | Samoa |
| 1980s | 19.38 hectares per tonne | 22.86 hectares per tonne | 3.48 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 1990s | 3.04 hectares per tonne | 14.02 hectares per tonne | 10.98 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 5.13 hectares per tonne | 19.09 hectares per tonne | 13.96 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 6.96 hectares per tonne | 131.48 hectares per tonne | 124.53 hectares per tonne | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 54.08 hectares per tonne | 92.74 hectares per tonne | 38.66 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, Samoa or Seychelles?
- Samoa, at 95.07 hectares per tonne against 76.1 hectares per tonne in Seychelles as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Samoa and Seychelles?
- 18.97 hectares per tonne, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Seychelles?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Seychelles rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Samoa ranks 6th 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.