São Tomé & Príncipe

Safe drinking water in São Tomé & Príncipe

Safe drinking water in São Tomé & Príncipe: 25.8% in 2000 and 36.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates.

Latest, 2022
36.3%
Since 2000
+10.5 percentage points
Rank, 2022
112 of 135
counting from the highest
World, 2022
72.9%

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

Safe drinking water in São Tomé & PríncipeSafe drinking water in São Tomé & Príncipe: 25.8% in 2000 and 36.3% in 2022, by WHO/UNICEF estimates. In 2022, São Tomé & Príncipe ranked 112 of 135 countries, counting from the highest.
Estimates, WHO/UNICEFWorld

Every year

% of people · WHO/UNICEF

YearSão Tomé & PríncipeWorld
202236.372.9
202136.272.5
202035.972.3
201935.571.7
201835.171
201734.670.4
201634.169.7
201533.569.1
20143368.4
201332.567.7
201231.967.1
201131.466.4
201030.965.9
200930.365.4
200829.864.9
200729.364.6
200628.864
200528.263.7
200427.763
200327.262.4
200226.761.8
200126.261.1
200025.860.8

Good to know

  • The share of people whose drinking water comes from an improved source at home, there when needed and free of contamination.
  • Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 135 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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