Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 5,519 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 5,519 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 12,000 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 4,643 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 75th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,254 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,714 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,558 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 11,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,247 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,780 kg/ha | 8,800 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,224 kg/ha | 4,643 kg/ha | 9,844 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,174 kg/ha | 4,742 kg/ha | 5,619 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,539 kg/ha | 5,473 kg/ha | 5,620 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 72 Nigeria 5,840 kg/ha compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 5,789 kg/ha compare
- 74 French Guiana 5,568 kg/ha compare
- 76 Puerto Rico 5,446 kg/ha compare
- 77 Gabon 5,277 kg/ha compare
- 78 Grenada 4,959 kg/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)
- Agriculture share gdp 12.19 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 12.19 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Sao Tome and Principe was 5,519 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,643 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 75th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Yield. 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.