São Tomé and Príncipe's agriculture share rose from 9.5 % in 2008 to 12.2 % in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe · Agriculture & natural resources
Land, production, employment and resource rents.
20 indicators · 20 with data
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment)
% of employment
99th of 182 · 42nd in Sub-Saharan Africa
São Tomé and Príncipe's employment in agriculture (% of total employment) fell from 22.3 % in 1996 to 12.1 % in 2025.
São Tomé and Príncipe's resource rents fell from 3.0 % in 2001 to 1.9 % in 2021.
São Tomé and Príncipe's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 32.3 % in 1994 to 44.8 % in 2023.
São Tomé and Príncipe's arable land (% of land area) rose from 3.1 % in 1994 to 4.2 % in 2023.
São Tomé and Príncipe's arable land (hectares per person) fell from 0 ha in 1994 to 0 ha in 2023.
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- Cereal yielddown −0.0 %120th of 179
- Food production indexup +0.8 pts92nd of 195
- Crop production indexup +1.1 pts90th of 195
- Livestock production indexup +0.2 pts94th of 194
- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Fertilizer consumptionunchanged +0.0 %107th of 191
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- Oil rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts115th of 190
- Mineral rents (% of GDP)unchanged +0.0 pts90th of 197
- Forest rents (% of GDP)down −0.1 pts38th of 197
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- Agricultural raw materials exports (% of merchandise exports)up +0.0 pts137th of 160
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- Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurityunchanged +0.0 pts115th of 145
- Prevalence of undernourishmentup +0.7 pts134th of 165