Maize (corn) — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Maize (corn) — Yield was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Sao Tome and Principe is 2,004 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 2,454 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,433 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 120th out of 178 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,474 kg/ha | 1,433 kg/ha | 1,508 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,522 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 1,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,597 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,145 kg/ha | 1,929 kg/ha | 2,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,147 kg/ha | 1,538 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,003 kg/ha | 1,615 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,004 kg/ha | 2,004 kg/ha | 2,004 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 117 Timor-Leste 2,064 kg/ha compare
- 118 Djibouti 2,041 kg/ha compare
- 119 Nigeria 2,030 kg/ha compare
- 121 Guadeloupe 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 121 Malawi 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 123 Antigua and Barbuda 1,963 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- 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)
- Rural population 30.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Rural population 74,065 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 119.62 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5,374 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — yield in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Sao Tome and Principe was 2,004 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,454 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,433 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 120th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.