São Tomé & Príncipe
Access to electricity in São Tomé & Príncipe
Access to electricity in São Tomé & Príncipe: 52.9% in 2000 and 77.7% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 77.7%
- Since 2000
- +24.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 170 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 81.3% in 2023, the lowest 51.5% in 2001.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | São Tomé & Príncipe | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.7 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 81.3 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 78 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 78.5 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 76.8 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 75.1 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 71 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 74.3 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 69.4 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 67.3 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 68.6 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 65 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 57.9 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 62.6 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 61.4 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 56.9 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 59.1 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 58 | 82 |
| 2006 | 56.9 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 55.8 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 54.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 53.6 | 80 |
| 2002 | 52.5 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 51.5 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 52.9 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | – | 74.5 |
| 1998 | – | 73.2 |
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
São Tomé & Príncipe in numbers
Every measure for São Tomé & Príncipe on one page