Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value was 408 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 408 kcal/cap/d for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 292.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 457 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 104 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 19th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 152 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 106 kcal/cap/d | -30.3% |
| 2012 | 104 kcal/cap/d | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 104 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 445 kcal/cap/d | +327.9% |
| 2015 | 421 kcal/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2016 | 443 kcal/cap/d | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 457 kcal/cap/d | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 435 kcal/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 425 kcal/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 418 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 414 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 409 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 408 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 408 kcal/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 148 kcal/cap/d, 2.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 408 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 336 kcal/cap/d, 1.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +327.9% | 104 kcal/cap/d | 445 kcal/cap/d |
| 2011 | -30.3% | 152 kcal/cap/d | 106 kcal/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 309.2 kcal/cap/d | 104 kcal/cap/d | 457 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 412.25 kcal/cap/d | 408 kcal/cap/d | 418 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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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, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe was 408 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 457 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 104 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 19th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — energy supply — value rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 292.3%. 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, tubers, plantains and their products — Energy supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per capita supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it.