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Sao Tome and Principe — Electricity access
Access to Electricity (% of Population) for Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2024.
Latest value · 2024
77.70%
Access to Electricity (% of Population) · % of population · +46.9% since 2000
Electricity access for Sao Tome and Principe was 77.70% in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 25 years, from 2000 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 81.30% in 2023. The lowest was 51.50% in 2001 (about 1.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.61% per year.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 172 of 215 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 80%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 59.00%, so Sao Tome and Principe sits above it. It peaked in 2023 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 13%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
77.70%
First (2000)
52.90%
Change
+46.9%
Highest
81.30%
in 2023
Lowest
51.50%
in 2001
Average
64.67%
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.61%
Years of data
25
Recent years
| Year | % of population |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 77.7% |
| 2023 | 81.3% |
| 2022 | 78% |
| 2021 | 78.5% |
| 2020 | 76.8% |
| 2019 | 75.1% |
| 2018 | 71% |
| 2017 | 74.3% |
| 2016 | 69.4% |
| 2015 | 67.3% |
| 2014 | 68.6% |
| 2013 | 65% |
Reading this correctly. Share of the population with access to electricity. Access means the household is connected to a source that provides a reliable supply. Figures are in % of population. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS — Access to Electricity (% of Population). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.