Vegetables Primary — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 8,460 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 8,460 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 19.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 8,891 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1985.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 146th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,882 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,882 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,978 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 5,978 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,018 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 6,018 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,018 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,087 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 5,833 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 5,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,818 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 5,763 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 5,797 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 5,811 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 5,823 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 5,854 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 5,814 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 5,843 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 5,778 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 5,652 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 5,306 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 5,306 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 5,306 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,306 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,306 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,294 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 5,128 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 5,000 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 5,364 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1994 | 5,504 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 5,641 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 5,770 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 5,890 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 6,002 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 6,108 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 6,208 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 6,380 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 6,279 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 6,381 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 6,534 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 6,611 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 6,675 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 6,736 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 6,798 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 6,862 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 6,930 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 7,099 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 7,154 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 6,836 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2014 | 7,063 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 7,241 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 8,891 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2017 | 8,831 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 8,163 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 8,589 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 8,511 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 8,448 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 8,504 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 8,481 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 8,460 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 8,460 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,200 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 8,460 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,414 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,934 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | 6,018 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,864 kg/ha | 5,763 kg/ha | 6,087 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,462 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,843 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,570 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,546 kg/ha | 6,208 kg/ha | 6,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,680 kg/ha | 6,836 kg/ha | 8,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,481 kg/ha | 8,448 kg/ha | 8,511 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 143 Grenada 8,880 kg/ha compare
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- 145 Philippines 8,718 kg/ha compare
- 147 Zambia 8,414 kg/ha compare
- 148 South Sudan 8,205 kg/ha compare
- 149 Eswatini 8,064 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.7042 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1786 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.6726 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.1869 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — yield in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Sao Tome and Principe was 8,460 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 8,891 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 146th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.8%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.