Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 452 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 452 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 80.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1,400 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 2011.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 184 ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 184 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 216 ha | +17.4% |
| 1969 | 216 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 216 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 230 ha | +6.5% |
| 1972 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 275 ha | +14.6% |
| 1975 | 295 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 345 ha | +16.9% |
| 1977 | 370 ha | +7.2% |
| 1978 | 395 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 410 ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 430 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 445 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 490 ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 540 ha | +10.2% |
| 1986 | 490 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 490 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 510 ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 780 ha | +52.9% |
| 1992 | 1,400 ha | +79.5% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 1994 | 1,054 ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 911 ha | -13.6% |
| 1996 | 820 ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 741 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 671 ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | 608 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 551 ha | -9.4% |
| 2001 | 493 ha | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 489 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 444 ha | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 225 ha | -49.3% |
| 2005 | 211 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 199 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 189 ha | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 180 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 173 ha | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 168 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 150 ha | -10.7% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 250 ha | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 170 ha | -32.0% |
| 2016 | 437 ha | +157.1% |
| 2017 | 409 ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 504 ha | +23.2% |
| 2019 | 451 ha | -10.5% |
| 2020 | 448 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 459 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 448 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 451 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 452 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183.33 ha | 170 ha | 216 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 301.6 ha | 216 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 477.5 ha | 430 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 859.5 ha | 510 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 315.4 ha | 173 ha | 551 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 287.9 ha | 150 ha | 504 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 451.6 ha | 448 ha | 459 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 174 Suriname 553 ha compare
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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)
- 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 452 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 2011.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.