Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Coffee, green — Area harvested was 131 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for coffee, green — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe is 131 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, coffee, green — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1,004 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 57 ha, in 2013.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 63rd of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Coffee, green — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | -60.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 500 ha | +66.7% |
| 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 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 120 ha | -73.3% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | +66.7% |
| 1987 | 100 ha | -50.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +200.0% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | -66.7% |
| 1990 | 300 ha | +200.0% |
| 1991 | 110 ha | -63.3% |
| 1992 | 114 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 170 ha | +49.1% |
| 1994 | 190 ha | +11.8% |
| 1995 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1996 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 330 ha | +65.0% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 450 ha | +50.0% |
| 2000 | 180 ha | -60.0% |
| 2001 | 198 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 200 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 202 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 220 ha | +8.9% |
| 2005 | 225 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 240 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 226 ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 222 ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 224 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 219 ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 1,004 ha | +358.4% |
| 2012 | 110 ha | -89.0% |
| 2013 | 57 ha | -48.2% |
| 2014 | 127 ha | +122.8% |
| 2015 | 161 ha | +26.8% |
| 2016 | 115 ha | -28.6% |
| 2017 | 130 ha | +13.0% |
| 2018 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 128 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 131 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 131 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 130 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 131 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 131 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 611.11 ha | 500 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 450 ha | 200 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 327 ha | 100 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 234.4 ha | 110 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 213.7 ha | 180 ha | 240 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 218.5 ha | 57 ha | 1,004 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 130.8 ha | 130 ha | 131 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 coffee, green — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Coffee, green — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 131 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,004 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest coffee, green — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 ha in 2013.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for coffee, green — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 63rd out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
- Is coffee, green — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. 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 Coffee, green — 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.