Yams — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Yams — Area harvested was 392 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 392 ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 400 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 1961.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 41st of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | +50.0% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | +33.3% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 158 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 145 ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 153 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 160 ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 2000 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 232 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 240 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 257 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 266 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 270 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 285 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 290 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 376 ha | +25.3% |
| 2010 | 380 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 390 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 300 ha | -23.1% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 361 ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 387 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 383 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 371 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 381 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 390 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 398 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 389 ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 392 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 393 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 392 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 100 ha | 100 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 155 ha | 150 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 171.6 ha | 145 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 273.6 ha | 220 ha | 376 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 374.3 ha | 300 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 392.8 ha | 389 ha | 398 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 38 Mauritania 485 ha compare
- 39 Puerto Rico 413 ha compare
- 40 Malaysia 396 ha compare
- 42 Tonga 352 ha compare
- 43 Fiji 291 ha compare
- 44 Guadeloupe 250 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 yams — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Yams — area harvested in Sao Tome and Principe was 392 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 400 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 1961.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for yams — area harvested?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 41st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Yams — 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.