Taro — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Taro — Area harvested was 1,637 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe is 1,637 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 3,200 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 200 ha, in 1973.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 27th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 300 ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +50.0% |
| 1978 | 450 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 1986 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1990 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | -33.3% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | +266.7% |
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1994 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1995 | 1,206 ha | -19.6% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +65.8% |
| 1997 | 2,417 ha | +20.8% |
| 1998 | 2,600 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,734 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 2,800 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 2,767 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 2,829 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 2,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 2007 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 3,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,100 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 2,684 ha | -13.4% |
| 2011 | 1,822 ha | -32.1% |
| 2012 | 1,808 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 1,773 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 1,608 ha | -9.3% |
| 2015 | 1,500 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,600 ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 1,620 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 1,703 ha | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 1,774 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 1,663 ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1,675 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 1,675 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,637 ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 600 ha | 600 ha | 600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 330 ha | 200 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 500 ha | 350 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,557 ha | 300 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,933 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,767 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,684 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,685 ha | 1,637 ha | 1,774 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 25 Dominica 2,059 ha compare
- 26 Comoros 1,710 ha compare
- 28 French Guiana 1,607 ha compare
- 29 Nicaragua 1,340 ha compare
- 30 Sierra Leone 1,144 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 taro — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Taro — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 1,637 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 ha in 1973.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for taro — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 27th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. 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 Taro — 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.