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Area of land needed to meet global vegetable oil demand, World, 2022

This metric represents the amount of land needed to grow a given crop if it was to meet global vegetable oil demandalone.

3.17 billion ha1.95 billion ha1.5 billion ha1.03 billion ha869.71 million ha577.72 million ha371.83 million ha356.94 million ha81.54 million haSesame oilCottonseed oilGroundnut oilOlive oilCoconut oilSoybean oilRapeseed oilSunflower oilPalm oil

Data source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2024) – Learn more about this data

Note: Based on oil production and area harvested data. Maximum yields can vary depending on the ratio of oil production to co-products(e.g. what fraction of soybeans or coconuts are used for oil production).

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