Starchy Roots — Food in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Starchy Roots — Food was 10 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food in Sao Tome and Principe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 10 1000 t for starchy roots — food in 2023.
The figure is up 11.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 11 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 7 1000 t, in 2015.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 8 1000 t | -27.3% |
| 2012 | 8 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 8 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 1000 t | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 10 1000 t | +42.9% |
| 2017 | 9 1000 t | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 9 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 9 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 9 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 9 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 9 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 10 1000 t | +11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8.7 1000 t | 7 1000 t | 11 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.25 1000 t | 9 1000 t | 10 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 150 New Caledonia 12 1000 t compare
- 151 Tonga 11 1000 t compare
- 153 Bahamas 9 1000 t compare
- 154 Saint Lucia 7 1000 t compare
- 155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6 1000 t compare
- 155 Belize 6 1000 t 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 12.19 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 12.19 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Starchy roots — food in Sao Tome and Principe was 10 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 11 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 1000 t in 2015.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for starchy roots — food?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 152nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet 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 caput 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. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.