Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand
Use escrito dataset owid.area-land-needed-to-global-oil
Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow coconut crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow groundnut crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow palm fruit crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Palm oil includes palm kernel oil. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow sesame crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow sunflower crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow cottonseed crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow olive crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow rapeseed crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone. Amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow soybean crops if it was to meet global vegetable oil demand alone.
Cite as: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Coconut oil – FAO” [dataset]. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Production: Crops and livestock products”; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Food Balances: Food Balances (-2013, old methodology and population)”; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Food Balances: Food Balances (2010–)” [original data].
- Publisher
- Our World in Data
- Tier
- Official
- Covers
- 1961–2023
- Places
- Countries, regions and groups of the world
- Updated
- annual
- Last modified
- 2026-05-22
- Units
- hectares
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/area-land-needed-to-global-oil
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| entity | text | country, region or group |
| code | text | ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, OWID_ for OWID's own groups, empty for most regions |
| year | integer | |
| coconut_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Coconut oil (hectares) |
| groundnut_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Groundnut oil (hectares) |
| palm_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Palm oil (hectares) |
| sesame_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Sesame oil (hectares) |
| sunflower_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Sunflower oil (hectares) |
| cottonseed_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Cottonseed oil (hectares) |
| olive_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Olive oil (hectares) |
| rapeseed_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Rapeseed oil (hectares) |
| soybean_area_to_meet_global_oil_demand | number | Soybean oil (hectares) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |