Suriname vs Viet Nam: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Suriname
1.3 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Viet Nam
0.9764 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Suriname rank
53rd
Viet Nam rank
55th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Suriname
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Suriname currently reports 1.3 hectares per tonne against 0.9764 hectares per tonne in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.3236 hectares per tonne.
That makes Suriname's figure about 1.3 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Suriname ranks 53rd and Viet Nam ranks 55th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Suriname averaged higher in 3 and Viet Nam in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Suriname | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.33 hectares per tonne | 2.78 hectares per tonne | 0.4502 hectares per tonne | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 2.19 hectares per tonne | 2.17 hectares per tonne | 0.015 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 1980s | 1.6 hectares per tonne | 2.14 hectares per tonne | 0.5399 hectares per tonne | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 1.22 hectares per tonne | 1.4 hectares per tonne | 0.1826 hectares per tonne | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 1.15 hectares per tonne | 0.822 hectares per tonne | 0.3231 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
| 2010s | 0.8953 hectares per tonne | 1.04 hectares per tonne | 0.1443 hectares per tonne | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 0.9494 hectares per tonne | 0.9445 hectares per tonne | 0.0049 hectares per tonne | Suriname |
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, Suriname or Viet Nam?
- Suriname, at 1.3 hectares per tonne against 0.9764 hectares per tonne in Viet Nam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Suriname and Viet Nam?
- 0.3236 hectares per tonne, with Suriname ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Suriname and Viet Nam?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Suriname and Viet Nam rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Suriname ranks 53rd and Viet Nam ranks 55th 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.