Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Grassland — Area from CCI_LC was 1.18 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 1.18 1000 ha for grassland — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grassland — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1.98 1000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 1.03 1000 ha, in 2009.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 218th out of 245 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1.82 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1.82 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1.82 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1.92 1000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 1.92 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.98 1000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 1.98 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.78 1000 ha | -10.1% |
| 2000 | 1.79 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 1.7 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 1.7 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.68 1000 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.05 1000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2005 | 1.05 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.06 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.06 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.05 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 1.03 1000 ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 1.04 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1.13 1000 ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 1.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.13 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.14 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.15 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 1.17 1000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 1.18 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Sao Tome and Principe compared with similar countries
- Sao Tome and Principe's 1.18 1000 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,267 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sao Tome and Principe's 1.18 1000 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,020 1000 ha, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Grassland — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | -37.5% | 1.68 1000 ha | 1.05 1000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.88 1000 ha | 1.78 1000 ha | 1.98 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.32 1000 ha | 1.03 1000 ha | 1.79 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.13 1000 ha | 1.04 1000 ha | 1.14 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 1000 ha | 1.15 1000 ha | 1.18 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 215 Aruba 1.69 1000 ha compare
- 216 American Samoa 1.6 1000 ha compare
- 217 British Virgin Islands 1.42 1000 ha compare
- 219 Saint Lucia 1.16 1000 ha compare
- 220 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.1 1000 ha compare
- 221 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.08 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grassland — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Grassland — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe was 1.18 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.98 1000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest grassland — area from cci_lc recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 1000 ha in 2009.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for grassland — area from cci_lc?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 218th out of 245 countries with data for 2022.
- Is grassland — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. 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 Grassland — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.