Yams — Food supply in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Yams — Food supply was 1,509 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Yams — Food supply in Sao Tome and Principe, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, yams — food supply in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 1,509 million Kcal.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1,867 million Kcal in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,431 million Kcal, in 2019.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 37th out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,706 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1,645 million Kcal | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 1,681 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,719 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1,761 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 1,798 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 1,829 million Kcal | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 1,867 million Kcal | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 1,781 million Kcal | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 1,431 million Kcal | -19.7% |
| 2020 | 1,432 million Kcal | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,611 million Kcal | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 1,515 million Kcal | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 1,509 million Kcal | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,722 million Kcal | 1,431 million Kcal | 1,867 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,517 million Kcal | 1,432 million Kcal | 1,611 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 34 Tonga 2,536 million Kcal compare
- 35 Mauritania 2,471 million Kcal compare
- 36 Pakistan 2,439 million Kcal compare
- 38 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,393 million Kcal compare
- 39 Guyana 1,118 million Kcal compare
- 40 New Caledonia 1,081 million Kcal 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 — food supply in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Yams — food supply in Sao Tome and Principe was 1,509 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,867 million Kcal in 2017.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,431 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for yams — food supply?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 37th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 — Food supply (kcal). 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.