Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Cocoa beans — Area harvested was 43,874 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cocoa beans — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 43,874 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 45.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cocoa beans — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 43,874 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,000 ha, in 2005.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cocoa beans — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 32,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 33,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 33,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 25,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 25,262 ha | -2.8% |
| 1990 | 24,162 ha | -4.4% |
| 1991 | 24,162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 24,162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 24,162 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 20,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1996 | 19,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1997 | 16,000 ha | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 20,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1999 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 23,201 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 28,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 2004 | 21,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 2005 | 14,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 2006 | 14,110 ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 21,000 ha | +48.8% |
| 2008 | 15,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 2009 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 2010 | 21,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 2011 | 24,161 ha | +13.4% |
| 2012 | 20,340 ha | -15.8% |
| 2013 | 24,500 ha | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 30,226 ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 28,103 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 28,836 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 34,529 ha | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 30,637 ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 30,927 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 31,714 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 31,765 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 37,095 ha | +16.8% |
| 2023 | 43,121 ha | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 43,874 ha | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32,111 ha | 31,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,726 ha | 25,000 ha | 33,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,765 ha | 16,000 ha | 24,162 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,331 ha | 14,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,356 ha | 20,340 ha | 34,529 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 37,514 ha | 31,714 ha | 43,874 ha | 5 |
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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 cocoa beans — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Cocoa beans — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 43,874 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 43,874 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cocoa beans — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,000 ha in 2005.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for cocoa beans — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 18th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cocoa beans — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.2%. 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 Cocoa beans — 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.