Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production was 418.49 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 418.49 t.
The figure is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 728 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 25.6 t, in 1961.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.6 t | — |
| 1962 | 27.2 t | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 28.8 t | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 30.4 t | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 32 t | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 34.4 t | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 36 t | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 37.6 t | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 39.2 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 41.6 t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 44 t | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 46.4 t | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 52 t | +12.1% |
| 1974 | 56 t | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 60 t | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 68 t | +13.3% |
| 1977 | 72 t | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 88 t | +22.2% |
| 1979 | 104 t | +18.2% |
| 1980 | 128 t | +23.1% |
| 1981 | 144 t | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 160 t | +11.1% |
| 1983 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 160 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 272 t | +70.0% |
| 1992 | 360 t | +32.4% |
| 1993 | 368 t | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 384 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 400 t | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 416 t | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 432 t | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 448 t | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 464 t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 560 t | +20.7% |
| 2001 | 592 t | +5.7% |
| 2002 | 640 t | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 688 t | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 668 t | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 680 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 680 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 704 t | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 704 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 720 t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 720 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 365 t | -49.3% |
| 2012 | 366 t | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 385 t | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 517.84 t | +34.5% |
| 2015 | 550.83 t | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 594 t | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 728 t | +22.6% |
| 2018 | 612 t | -15.9% |
| 2019 | 713.27 t | +16.5% |
| 2020 | 660.55 t | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 653.13 t | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 604.28 t | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 515.58 t | -14.7% |
| 2024 | 418.49 t | -18.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.36 t | 25.6 t | 39.2 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 63.2 t | 41.6 t | 104 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 155.2 t | 128 t | 160 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 370.4 t | 160 t | 464 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 663.6 t | 560 t | 720 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 555.19 t | 365 t | 728 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 570.41 t | 418.49 t | 660.55 t | 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 meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production in Sao Tome and Principe was 418.49 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 728 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.6 t in 1961.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — production rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Production. 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.