Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Oil palm fruit — Area harvested was 2,130 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oil palm fruit — 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 2,130 ha for oil palm fruit — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 13.4% on the previous year and up 28.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 2,130 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 63 ha, in 1988.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th of 41 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oil palm fruit — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 870 ha | — |
| 1962 | 870 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 750 ha | -13.8% |
| 1964 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 670 ha | -10.7% |
| 1968 | 550 ha | -17.9% |
| 1969 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 470 ha | +17.5% |
| 1974 | 450 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 250 ha | -44.4% |
| 1976 | 240 ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -33.3% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 170 ha | +70.0% |
| 1984 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 120 ha | -29.4% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 63 ha | -60.6% |
| 1989 | 190 ha | +201.6% |
| 1990 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1991 | 480 ha | +166.7% |
| 1992 | 580 ha | +20.8% |
| 1993 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 450 ha | -22.4% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1996 | 600 ha | +50.0% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | +83.3% |
| 2001 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 2002 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,670 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,670 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,660 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 1,666 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,676 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,740 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 1,797 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 1,892 ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 1,907 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,944 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 2,100 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 1,879 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 2,130 ha | +13.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 723.33 ha | 550 ha | 870 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 331 ha | 150 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 136.3 ha | 63 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 502 ha | 180 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,435 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,714 ha | 1,660 ha | 1,892 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,992 ha | 1,879 ha | 2,130 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 35 Burundi 8,843 ha compare
- 36 Equatorial Guinea 3,945 ha compare
- 37 Gambia 3,513 ha compare
- 39 Madagascar 1,812 ha compare
- 40 Central African Republic 647 ha compare
- 41 Suriname 600 ha compare
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 oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Oil palm fruit — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 2,130 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,130 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oil palm fruit — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 63 ha in 1988.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for oil palm fruit — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 38th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oil palm fruit — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.3%. 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 Oil palm fruit — 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.