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Agricultural land in São Tomé and Príncipe

Agricultural land in São Tomé and Príncipe was 46.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 76th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202446.1% Estimated
Change on 20230 pts
Rank76th of 224Countries ranked
Series high46.12021
Series low28.11997

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Agricultural land in São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024

25303540455019611971198119912001201120241961: 36.5 %1962: 36.5 %1963: 36.5 %1964: 36.5 %1965: 37.5 %1966: 37.5 %1967: 37.5 %1968: 37.5 %1969: 37.5 %1970: 37.5 %1971: 38.5 %1972: 38.5 %1973: 38.5 %1974: 38.5 %1975: 38.5 %1976: 38.5 %1977: 38.5 %1978: 38.5 %1979: 38.5 %1980: 38.5 %1981: 38.5 %1982: 34.4 %1983: 35.4 %1984: 30.2 %1985: 31.3 %1986: 31.3 %1987: 31.3 %1988: 32.3 %1989: 31.3 %1990: 30.2 %1991: 31.3 %1992: 31.3 %1993: 31.3 %1994: 32.3 %1995: 29.2 %1996: 29.2 %1997: 28.1 %1998: 32.3 %1999: 36.5 %2000: 37.5 %2001: 37.5 %2002: 37.5 %2003: 37.5 %2004: 36.5 %2005: 35.4 %2006: 35.4 %2007: 35.4 %2008: 35.4 %2009: 35.4 %2010: 34.4 %2011: 35.4 %2012: 38.8 %2013: 39.8 %2014: 40.7 %2015: 41.6 %2016: 42.5 %2017: 43.6 %2018: 44.7 %2019: 45.2 %2020: 45.6 %2021: 46.1 %2022: 46.1 %2023: 46.1 %2024: 46.1 %25303540455019611983200520241961: 36.5 %1962: 36.5 %1963: 36.5 %1964: 36.5 %1965: 37.5 %1966: 37.5 %1967: 37.5 %1968: 37.5 %1969: 37.5 %1970: 37.5 %1971: 38.5 %1972: 38.5 %1973: 38.5 %1974: 38.5 %1975: 38.5 %1976: 38.5 %1977: 38.5 %1978: 38.5 %1979: 38.5 %1980: 38.5 %1981: 38.5 %1982: 34.4 %1983: 35.4 %1984: 30.2 %1985: 31.3 %1986: 31.3 %1987: 31.3 %1988: 32.3 %1989: 31.3 %1990: 30.2 %1991: 31.3 %1992: 31.3 %1993: 31.3 %1994: 32.3 %1995: 29.2 %1996: 29.2 %1997: 28.1 %1998: 32.3 %1999: 36.5 %2000: 37.5 %2001: 37.5 %2002: 37.5 %2003: 37.5 %2004: 36.5 %2005: 35.4 %2006: 35.4 %2007: 35.4 %2008: 35.4 %2009: 35.4 %2010: 34.4 %2011: 35.4 %2012: 38.8 %2013: 39.8 %2014: 40.7 %2015: 41.6 %2016: 42.5 %2017: 43.6 %2018: 44.7 %2019: 45.2 %2020: 45.6 %2021: 46.1 %2022: 46.1 %2023: 46.1 %2024: 46.1 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202446.1 Estimated
202346.1 Estimated
202246.1 Estimated
202146.1 Estimated
202045.6 Estimated
201945.2 Estimated
201844.7 Estimated
201743.6 Estimated
201642.5 Estimated
201541.6 Estimated
201440.7 Estimated
201339.8 Estimated
201238.8 Estimated
201135.4 Estimated
201034.4 Estimated
200935.4 Estimated
200835.4 Estimated
200735.4 Estimated
200635.4 Estimated
200535.4 Estimated
200436.5 Estimated
200337.5 Estimated
200237.5 Estimated
200137.5 Estimated
200037.5 Estimated
199936.5 Estimated
199832.3 Estimated
199728.1 Estimated
199629.2 Estimated
199529.2 Estimated
199432.3 Estimated
199331.3 Estimated
199231.3 Estimated
199131.3 Estimated
199030.2 Estimated
198931.3 Estimated
198832.3 Estimated
198731.3 Estimated
198631.3 Estimated
198531.3 Estimated
198430.2 Estimated
198335.4 Estimated
198234.4 Estimated
198138.5 Estimated
198038.5 Estimated
197938.5 Estimated
197838.5 Estimated
197738.5 Estimated
197638.5 Estimated
197538.5 Estimated
197438.5 Estimated
197338.5 Estimated
197238.5 Estimated
197138.5 Estimated
197037.5 Estimated
196937.5 Estimated
196837.5 Estimated
196737.5 Estimated
196637.5 Estimated
196537.5 Estimated
196436.5 Estimated
196336.5 Estimated
196236.5 Estimated
196136.5 Estimated

São Tomé and Príncipe compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. São Tomé and Príncipe is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sao-tome-and-principe. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sao-tome-and-principe.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/sao-tome-and-principe (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, São Tomé and Príncipe, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in São Tomé and Príncipe?

Agricultural land in São Tomé and Príncipe was 46.1% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is unchanged from 2023. That is the 76th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

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46.1% in 2021, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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