Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value was 1,601 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 1,601 mg/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 269.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1,788 mg/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 432 mg/cap/d, in 2012.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium supply — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 625 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 441 mg/cap/d | -29.4% |
| 2012 | 432 mg/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 433 mg/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,730 mg/cap/d | +299.5% |
| 2015 | 1,633 mg/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 1,741 mg/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 1,788 mg/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,700 mg/cap/d | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 1,661 mg/cap/d | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 1,631 mg/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 1,621 mg/cap/d | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 1,602 mg/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,601 mg/cap/d | -0.1% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 1,601 mg/cap/d is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 547 mg/cap/d, 2.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 1,601 mg/cap/d is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 792 mg/cap/d, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Potassium 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 | +299.5% | 433 mg/cap/d | 1,730 mg/cap/d |
| 2011 | -29.4% | 625 mg/cap/d | 441 mg/cap/d |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,218 mg/cap/d | 432 mg/cap/d | 1,788 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,614 mg/cap/d | 1,601 mg/cap/d | 1,631 mg/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 7 Cameroon 1,761 mg/cap/d compare
- 7 Türkiye 542 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Guinea 1,725 mg/cap/d compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 445 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 358 mg/cap/d compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,684 mg/cap/d compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 245 mg/cap/d compare
- 11 Fiji 1,591 mg/cap/d compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 232 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Syrian Arab Republic 188 mg/cap/d compare
- 12 Ukraine 1,558 mg/cap/d compare
- 13 Angola 1,481 mg/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 127 mg/cap/d 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value in Sao Tome and Principe was 1,601 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,788 mg/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 432 mg/cap/d in 2012.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 10th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — potassium supply — value rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 269.7%. 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 — Potassium 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.