Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 2,763 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 2,763 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 4,348 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 765 ha, in 1991.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 153rd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,250 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,260 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 1,270 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 1,320 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 1,330 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,240 ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 1,140 ha | -8.1% |
| 1973 | 1,080 ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 1,140 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 1,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 1976 | 1,190 ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 1,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,550 ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 1,450 ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 1,270 ha | -12.4% |
| 1986 | 1,150 ha | -9.4% |
| 1987 | 1,120 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 960 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 990 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 1,008 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 765 ha | -24.1% |
| 1992 | 1,520 ha | +98.7% |
| 1993 | 1,741 ha | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 2,430 ha | +39.6% |
| 1995 | 2,088 ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 2,894 ha | +38.6% |
| 1997 | 3,252 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 3,450 ha | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 3,606 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 3,675 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 3,752 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 3,810 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 3,824 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 3,887 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 3,990 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 4,207 ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 4,310 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 4,348 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 4,156 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 3,576 ha | -14.0% |
| 2011 | 2,538 ha | -29.0% |
| 2012 | 2,595 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 2,678 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 2,644 ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,166 ha | +19.7% |
| 2016 | 2,609 ha | -17.6% |
| 2017 | 2,560 ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 2,855 ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 2,793 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,879 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 2,806 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 2,787 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,796 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,763 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,270 ha | 1,250 ha | 1,330 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,241 ha | 1,080 ha | 1,420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,324 ha | 960 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,275 ha | 765 ha | 3,606 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,996 ha | 3,675 ha | 4,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,801 ha | 2,538 ha | 3,576 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,806 ha | 2,763 ha | 2,879 ha | 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 2,763 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,348 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 765 ha in 1991.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 153rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.