East Timor vs Tuvalu: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
East Timor
133.05 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Tuvalu
124.85 hectares per tonne
in 2023
East Timor rank
4th
Tuvalu rank
5th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- East Timor
- Tuvalu
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 133.05 hectares per tonne against 124.85 hectares per tonne in Tuvalu, a difference of 8.2 hectares per tonne.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Tuvalu's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Tuvalu ahead.
East Timor ranks 4th and Tuvalu ranks 5th of 59 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 2 and Tuvalu in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 83.56 hectares per tonne | 92.39 hectares per tonne | 8.83 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 2000s | 82.84 hectares per tonne | 86.54 hectares per tonne | 3.7 hectares per tonne | Tuvalu |
| 2010s | 789.23 hectares per tonne | 99.98 hectares per tonne | 689.25 hectares per tonne | East Timor |
| 2020s | 133 hectares per tonne | 124.94 hectares per tonne | 8.06 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, East Timor or Tuvalu?
- East Timor, at 133.05 hectares per tonne against 124.85 hectares per tonne in Tuvalu as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between East Timor and Tuvalu?
- 8.2 hectares per tonne, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Tuvalu?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2023.
- How do East Timor and Tuvalu rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- East Timor ranks 4th 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.