Basic drinking water access in São Tomé and Príncipe

78.0% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
São Tomé and Príncipe, 2024 78.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.2percentage points 2023: 77.8%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 170th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in São Tomé and Príncipe over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period São Tomé and PríncipeWorld
2024 78.0% 91.5%
2023 77.8% 91.2%
2022 77.6% 90.9%
2021 77.1% 90.4%
2020 76.8% 90.0%
2019 76.6% 89.6%
2018 76.3% 89.3%
2017 76.0% 88.9%
2016 75.7% 88.5%
2015 75.4% 88.1%
2014 75.0% 87.7%
2013 74.7% 87.3%
2012 74.3% 86.9%
2011 73.9% 86.5%
2010 73.6% 86.1%
2009 73.2% 85.7%
2008 72.8% 85.2%
2007 72.4% 84.8%
2006 71.9% 84.3%
2005 71.5% 83.9%
2004 71.1% 82.6%
2003 70.6% 82.1%
2002 70.1% 81.6%
2001 69.6% 80.9%
2000 69.2% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 77.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75.0%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, São Tomé and Príncipe has the 170th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

More for São Tomé and Príncipe

All statistics for São Tomé and Príncipe

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for São Tomé and Príncipe
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene