Samoa vs East Timor: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Samoa
95.07 hectares per tonne
in 2023
East Timor
133.05 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Samoa rank
6th
East Timor rank
4th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Samoa
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 133.05 hectares per tonne against 95.07 hectares per tonne in Samoa, a difference of 37.98 hectares per tonne.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.4 times Samoa's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
Samoa ranks 6th and East Timor ranks 4th of 59 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.08 hectares per tonne | 83.56 hectares per tonne | 80.49 hectares per tonne | East Timor |
| 2000s | 5.13 hectares per tonne | 82.84 hectares per tonne | 77.71 hectares per tonne | East Timor |
| 2010s | 6.12 hectares per tonne | 789.23 hectares per tonne | 783.1 hectares per tonne | East Timor |
| 2020s | 54.08 hectares per tonne | 133 hectares per tonne | 78.92 hectares per tonne | East Timor |
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 East Timor?
- East Timor, at 133.05 hectares per tonne against 95.07 hectares per tonne in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Samoa and East Timor?
- 37.98 hectares per tonne, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and East Timor?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and East Timor rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Samoa ranks 6th and East Timor ranks 4th 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.