Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Use escrito dataset owid.area-per-tonne-oil
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. Area of groundnut crops harvested to produce a tonne of groundnut 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. Area of palm fruit crops harvested to produce a tonne of palm 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. Palm oil includes palm kernel oil. Area of sesame crops harvested to produce a tonne of sesame 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. Area of sunflower crops harvested to produce a tonne of sunflower 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. Area of cottonseed crops harvested to produce a tonne of cottonseed 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. Area of olive crops harvested to produce a tonne of olive 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. Area of rapeseed crops harvested to produce a tonne of rapeseed 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. Area of soybean crops harvested to produce a tonne of soybean 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.
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” [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 per tonne
- License
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
- Method
- https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/area-per-tonne-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_hectares_per_tonne | number | Coconut oil (hectares per tonne) |
| groundnut_hectares_per_tonne | number | Groundnut oil (hectares per tonne) |
| palm_hectares_per_tonne | number | Palm oil (hectares per tonne) |
| sesame_hectares_per_tonne | number | Sesame oil (hectares per tonne) |
| sunflower_hectares_per_tonne | number | Sunflower oil (hectares per tonne) |
| cottonseed_hectares_per_tonne | number | Cottonseed oil (hectares per tonne) |
| olive_hectares_per_tonne | number | Olive oil (hectares per tonne) |
| rapeseed_hectares_per_tonne | number | Rapeseed oil (hectares per tonne) |
| soybean_hectares_per_tonne | number | Soybean oil (hectares per tonne) |
Dimensions
| Name | Values |
|---|---|
| entity | |
| year |