Yams — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Yams — Yield was 5,806 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Sao Tome and Principe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Sao Tome and Principe stood at 5,806 kg/ha.
The figure is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 6,500 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 4,667 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 43rd out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,667 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,300 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,572 kg/ha | 4,667 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,547 kg/ha | 5,063 kg/ha | 5,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,853 kg/ha | 5,792 kg/ha | 5,926 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,818 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,805 kg/ha | 5,804 kg/ha | 5,807 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 40 Mauritania 6,259 kg/ha compare
- 41 Gabon 6,205 kg/ha compare
- 42 Puerto Rico 5,952 kg/ha compare
- 44 Comoros 5,589 kg/ha compare
- 45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,528 kg/ha compare
- 46 Congo 4,764 kg/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)
- 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 yams — yield in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Yams — yield in Sao Tome and Principe was 5,806 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,667 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for yams — yield?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 43rd out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Yams — 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.