Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested was 399 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Coconuts, in shell — 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 399 ha for coconuts, in shell — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 59.6% on the previous year and down 95.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 18,000 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 2016.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 71st of 84 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Coconuts, in shell — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 15,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1964 | 17,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 16,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1967 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 14,000 ha | -12.5% |
| 1969 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 13,000 ha | -13.3% |
| 1971 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1976 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 14,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1978 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1979 | 14,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1980 | 11,000 ha | -21.4% |
| 1981 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1982 | 13,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1983 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 11,500 ha | -11.5% |
| 1990 | 12,378 ha | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 12,478 ha | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 11,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 11,429 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 11,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 11,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 11,620 ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 11,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 11,600 ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 12,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 12,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 12,760 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 13,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 12,506 ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 14,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 13,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 10,812 ha | -16.8% |
| 2008 | 11,753 ha | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 13,600 ha | +15.7% |
| 2010 | 12,973 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 6,350 ha | -51.1% |
| 2012 | 7,660 ha | +20.6% |
| 2013 | 8,656 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 9,533 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 12,183 ha | +27.8% |
| 2016 | 200 ha | -98.4% |
| 2017 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 324 ha | +62.0% |
| 2020 | 305 ha | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 285 ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 271 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 250 ha | -7.7% |
| 2024 | 399 ha | +59.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,250 ha | 10,000 ha | 13,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,570 ha | 11,000 ha | 12,478 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,593 ha | 10,812 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,828 ha | 200 ha | 12,973 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 302 ha | 250 ha | 399 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)
- 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 coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Coconuts, in shell — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 399 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest coconuts, in shell — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 2016.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for coconuts, in shell — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 71st out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coconuts, in shell — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.8%. 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 Coconuts, in shell — 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.