# Share of the population with access to electricity: Sao Tome and Principe

77.7% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 25 years from 2000 to 2024 are below.

Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.

Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/electricity-access) · [All countries and regions](/electricity-access).

## Every year

| Year | Value (% 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 |
| 2012 | 57.9 |
| 2011 | 62.6 |
| 2010 | 61.4 |
| 2009 | 56.9 |
| 2008 | 59.1 |
| 2007 | 58 |
| 2006 | 56.9 |
| 2005 | 55.8 |
| 2004 | 54.7 |
| 2003 | 53.6 |
| 2002 | 52.5 |
| 2001 | 51.5 |
| 2000 | 52.9 |

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