What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?

11,100 hectares, with Cape Verde ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?

108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland extent over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cape Verde vs Sao Tome and Principe: Cropland extent over the long-term

Cape Verde

54,000 hectares

in 2025

Sao Tome and Principe

42,900 hectares

in 2025

Cape Verde rank

158th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

161st

Cropland extent over the long-term over time

Cape Verde
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Cape Verde currently reports 54,000 hectares against 42,900 hectares in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 11,100 hectares.

That makes Cape Verde's figure about 1.3 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 158th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 202 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Cape Verde averaged higher in 33 and Sao Tome and Principe in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cape Verde	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1000s	0 hectares	708.79 hectares	708.79 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1100s	0 hectares	886.37 hectares	886.37 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1200s	0 hectares	1,108 hectares	1,108 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1300s	0 hectares	1,386 hectares	1,386 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1400s	0 hectares	1,733 hectares	1,733 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1500s	0 hectares	2,168 hectares	2,168 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1600s	2,241 hectares	2,711 hectares	469.65 hectares	Sao Tome and Principe
1700s	4,348 hectares	3,390 hectares	958.33 hectares	Cape Verde
1710s	5,652 hectares	3,686 hectares	1,966 hectares	Cape Verde
1720s	6,103 hectares	4,013 hectares	2,090 hectares	Cape Verde
1730s	6,591 hectares	4,374 hectares	2,216 hectares	Cape Verde
1740s	7,116 hectares	4,773 hectares	2,343 hectares	Cape Verde
1750s	7,684 hectares	5,215 hectares	2,469 hectares	Cape Verde
1760s	8,296 hectares	5,703 hectares	2,594 hectares	Cape Verde
1770s	8,957 hectares	6,243 hectares	2,715 hectares	Cape Verde
1780s	9,670 hectares	6,840 hectares	2,830 hectares	Cape Verde
1790s	10,440 hectares	7,501 hectares	2,939 hectares	Cape Verde
1800s	11,270 hectares	8,234 hectares	3,037 hectares	Cape Verde
1810s	12,167 hectares	9,045 hectares	3,122 hectares	Cape Verde
1820s	13,134 hectares	9,944 hectares	3,190 hectares	Cape Verde
1830s	14,177 hectares	10,940 hectares	3,237 hectares	Cape Verde
1840s	15,302 hectares	12,043 hectares	3,259 hectares	Cape Verde
1850s	16,516 hectares	13,267 hectares	3,249 hectares	Cape Verde
1860s	17,826 hectares	14,624 hectares	3,202 hectares	Cape Verde
1870s	19,239 hectares	16,128 hectares	3,111 hectares	Cape Verde
1880s	20,763 hectares	17,796 hectares	2,966 hectares	Cape Verde
1890s	22,406 hectares	19,647 hectares	2,759 hectares	Cape Verde
1900s	24,179 hectares	21,700 hectares	2,478 hectares	Cape Verde
1910s	26,090 hectares	23,978 hectares	2,112 hectares	Cape Verde
1920s	28,152 hectares	26,506 hectares	1,645 hectares	Cape Verde
1930s	30,374 hectares	29,306 hectares	1,068 hectares	Cape Verde
1940s	32,771 hectares	32,006 hectares	764.9 hectares	Cape Verde
1950s	38,419 hectares	31,719 hectares	6,699 hectares	Cape Verde
1960s	40,000 hectares	34,500 hectares	5,500 hectares	Cape Verde
1970s	40,000 hectares	35,900 hectares	4,100 hectares	Cape Verde
1980s	40,400 hectares	31,096 hectares	9,304 hectares	Cape Verde
1990s	44,900 hectares	28,894 hectares	16,006 hectares	Cape Verde
2000s	50,600 hectares	33,900 hectares	16,700 hectares	Cape Verde
2010s	53,900 hectares	36,600 hectares	17,300 hectares	Cape Verde
2020s	54,000 hectares	42,133 hectares	11,867 hectares	Cape Verde

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cropland extent over the long-term, Cape Verde or Sao Tome and Principe?: Cape Verde, at 54,000 hectares against 42,900 hectares in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2025.
What is the difference in cropland extent over the long-term between Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?: 11,100 hectares, with Cape Verde ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe?: 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
How do Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for cropland extent over the long-term?: Cape Verde ranks 158th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 161st of 202 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cropland extent over the long-term. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cropland extent over the long-term
Unit: hectares
Source: HYDE (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,816 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Total cropland area for each separate country over time.