Samoa vs Tuvalu: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Samoa
95.07 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Tuvalu
124.85 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Samoa rank
6th
Tuvalu rank
5th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Samoa
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 124.85 hectares per tonne against 95.07 hectares per tonne in Samoa, a difference of 29.78 hectares per tonne.
That makes Tuvalu's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tuvalu ahead.
Samoa ranks 6th and Tuvalu ranks 5th of 59 countries.
Tuvalu has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 149.95 hectares per tonne | 288.46 hectares per tonne | 138.51 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 1970s | 126.53 hectares per tonne | 209.62 hectares per tonne | 83.09 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 1980s | 19.38 hectares per tonne | 189.37 hectares per tonne | 169.99 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 1990s | 3.04 hectares per tonne | 91.15 hectares per tonne | 88.12 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 5.13 hectares per tonne | 86.54 hectares per tonne | 81.41 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 6.96 hectares per tonne | 92.15 hectares per tonne | 85.19 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 2020s | 54.08 hectares per tonne | 124.94 hectares per tonne | 70.86 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
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 Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 124.85 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 Tuvalu?
- 29.78 hectares per tonne, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tuvalu?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Tuvalu rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Samoa ranks 6th and Tuvalu ranks 5th 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.