São Tomé and Principe - Access to electricity

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in São Tomé and Principe was 71.08 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.20 in 2017, while its lowest value was 34.14 in 2009.

Definition: Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
2000 40.06
2001 36.59
2002 37.61
2003 38.61
2004 39.62
2005 40.63
2006 41.63
2007 42.65
2008 43.69
2009 34.14
2010 45.92
2011 47.16
2012 42.77
2013 50.05
2014 52.41
2015 53.62
2016 58.59
2017 76.20
2018 55.74
2019 68.07
2020 71.08

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in São Tomé and Principe was 78.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 78.45 in 2020, while its lowest value was 63.99 in 2001.

Definition: Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
2000 64.09
2001 63.99
2002 64.57
2003 65.15
2004 65.75
2005 66.36
2006 67.00
2007 67.66
2008 68.34
2009 69.80
2010 69.71
2011 70.40
2012 65.30
2013 71.74
2014 75.80
2015 73.04
2016 73.68
2017 73.52
2018 76.70
2019 77.44
2020 78.45

Access to electricity (% of population)

Access to electricity (% of population) in São Tomé and Principe was 76.56 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 76.56 in 2020, while its lowest value was 51.49 in 2001.

Definition: Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.

Source: World Bank, Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) database from the SE4ALL Global Tracking Framework led jointly by the World Bank, International Energy Agency, and the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program.

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Year Value
2000 52.90
2001 51.49
2002 52.59
2003 53.68
2004 54.77
2005 55.85
2006 56.94
2007 58.04
2008 59.14
2009 56.90
2010 61.37
2011 62.51
2012 57.90
2013 64.85
2014 68.60
2015 67.25
2016 69.32
2017 74.27
2018 71.00
2019 74.97
2020 76.56

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use