Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Herbaceous crops — Area from CCI_LC was 0.75 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Herbaceous crops — 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 0.75 1000 ha for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1.57 1000 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.55 1000 ha, in 1992.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 192nd out of 219 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.08 1000 ha | 0.55 1000 ha | 1.57 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1.2 1000 ha | 1.11 1000 ha | 1.34 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.861 1000 ha | 0.74 1000 ha | 1.21 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.75 1000 ha | 0.75 1000 ha | 0.75 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 189 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.9 1000 ha compare
- 190 Kiribati 0.84 1000 ha compare
- 191 Cayman Islands 0.82 1000 ha compare
- 192 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.75 1000 ha compare
- 194 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.74 1000 ha compare
- 195 Saint Lucia 0.7 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)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.56 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.39 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 27.27 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.75 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.57 1000 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.55 1000 ha in 1992.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 192nd out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
- Is herbaceous crops — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. 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 Herbaceous crops — 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.