Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 260 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — 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 260 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 700 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 138 ha, in 1993.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 68th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 230 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 230 ha | -4.2% |
| 1974 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 ha | +48.1% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 450 ha | -25.0% |
| 1987 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 250 ha | -44.4% |
| 1989 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1990 | 250 ha | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 220 ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 138 ha | -8.0% |
| 1994 | 650 ha | +371.0% |
| 1995 | 542 ha | -16.6% |
| 1996 | 550 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 505 ha | -8.2% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 530 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 590 ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 620 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 605 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 630 ha | +4.1% |
| 2004 | 617 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 640 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 650 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 660 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 700 ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 500 ha | -28.6% |
| 2010 | 445 ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 259 ha | -41.8% |
| 2012 | 273 ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 285 ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 284 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 250 ha | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 266 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 259 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 258 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 261 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 259 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 259 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 260 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 208.89 ha | 200 ha | 230 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 241 ha | 200 ha | 270 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 430 ha | 250 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 403.5 ha | 138 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 621.2 ha | 500 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 285.1 ha | 250 ha | 445 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 259.4 ha | 258 ha | 261 ha | 5 |
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- 65 Saint Lucia 625 ha compare
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- 67 China, Taiwan Province of 326 ha compare
- 69 French Polynesia 199 ha compare
- 69 Solomon Islands 199 ha compare
- 71 New Caledonia 190 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- 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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 260 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 700 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 138 ha in 1993.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 68th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Cassava, fresh — 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.