Bananas — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Bananas — Area harvested was 203 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 203 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 89.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 5,220 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1973.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 99th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1965 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | -60.0% |
| 1974 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +100.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +40.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | -35.3% |
| 1989 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1990 | 1,145 ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 1,800 ha | +57.2% |
| 1992 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 3,960 ha | +72.2% |
| 1998 | 4,100 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 4,200 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 4,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 3,681 ha | -16.3% |
| 2003 | 4,300 ha | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 4,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 4,800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 5,200 ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 3,555 ha | -31.6% |
| 2008 | 3,518 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 5,220 ha | +48.4% |
| 2010 | 2,467 ha | -52.7% |
| 2011 | 1,031 ha | -58.2% |
| 2012 | 1,715 ha | +66.3% |
| 2013 | 2,546 ha | +48.5% |
| 2014 | 1,843 ha | -27.6% |
| 2015 | 827 ha | -55.1% |
| 2016 | 290 ha | -64.9% |
| 2017 | 282 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 270 ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 247 ha | -8.5% |
| 2020 | 239 ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 239 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 234 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 216 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 203 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 566.67 ha | 500 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 445 ha | 200 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 970 ha | 500 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,570 ha | 1,145 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,317 ha | 3,518 ha | 5,220 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,152 ha | 247 ha | 2,546 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 226.2 ha | 203 ha | 239 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Bananas — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 203 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 5,220 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1973.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 99th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.