Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil by country
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.
Countries reporting
59
Highest
868.14 hectares per tonne
Colombia
Lowest
0.3324 hectares per tonne
Tonga
Median
4.71 hectares per tonne
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
2,960
What the numbers show
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 868.14 hectares per tonne in Colombia; the lowest is 0.3324 hectares per tonne in Tonga.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.71 hectares per tonne, and the mean is 49.53 hectares per tonne.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,612.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 24 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 1,695.7%), and the largest decrease in Myanmar (down 93.6%).
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colombia | 868.14 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 375.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Cuba | 862.67 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 3 | Myanmar | 241.39 hectares per tonne | 2009 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 4 | East Timor | 133.05 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 129.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Tuvalu | 124.85 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Samoa | 95.07 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 1,695.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 76.1 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 66.88 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Guyana | 53.15 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 1,038.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Panama | 48.57 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 47.47 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 89.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Cook Islands | 30.77 hectares per tonne | 1987 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Kenya | 29.32 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 148.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 19.17 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 88.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Maldives | 17.45 hectares per tonne | 2021 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Brazil | 15.06 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 88.3% | falling |
| 17 | Benin | 13.8 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 18 | Ghana | 12.83 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 62.5% | rising |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.73 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 149.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Dominica | 11.59 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sri Lanka | 11.05 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Guinea | 10.41 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 8.91 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 6.92 hectares per tonne | 2019 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Costa Rica | 6.41 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Tanzania | 6.15 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 27 | French Polynesia | 5.66 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Kiribati | 5.27 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 5.13 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Grenada | 4.71 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 31 | Solomon Islands | 4.54 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 32 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.51 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 124.4% | falling |
| 33 | Thailand | 4.46 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 34 | Indonesia | 4.35 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 32.5% | flat |
| 35 | Micronesia (country) | 4.18 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 36 | India | 4.15 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 37 | Comoros | 3.98 hectares per tonne | 2009 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 38 | Nauru | 3.94 hectares per tonne | 2023 | — | falling |
| 39 | Papua New Guinea | 3.83 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 40 | Mozambique | 3.14 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Philippines | 3.02 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Cameroon | 2.87 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 14.8% | falling |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2.72 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 59.3% | falling |
| 44 | Honduras | 2.57 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.27 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 23.1% | falling |
| 46 | Togo | 2.15 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 47 | El Salvador | 2.08 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 48 | Venezuela | 1.71 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 49 | Jamaica | 1.67 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Ecuador | 1.66 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 51 | Cambodia | 1.63 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 40.6% | falling |
| 52 | Marshall Islands | 1.52 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 1.3 hectares per tonne | 2023 | up 49.0% | falling |
| 54 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.29 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Vietnam | 0.9764 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 56 | Mexico | 0.9574 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 57 | Fiji | 0.5883 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Puerto Rico | 0.4834 hectares per tonne | 2009 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 59 | Tonga | 0.3324 hectares per tonne | 2023 | down 72.9% | volatile |
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.