Clean cooking access in São Tomé and Príncipe

7.0% of people in São Tomé and Príncipe mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
São Tomé and Príncipe, 2024 7.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 6.0%
World, 2024 75.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 176th of 192 See the full ranking

Clean cooking 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.

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period São Tomé and PríncipeWorld
2024 7.0% 75.4%
2023 6.0% 74.5%
2022 5.0% 73.7%
2021 4.0% 72.4%
2020 4.0% 71.3%
2019 3.0% 69.9%
2018 3.0% 68.7%
2017 3.0% 67.1%
2016 2.0% 65.6%
2015 2.0% 63.9%
2014 2.0% 62.4%
2013 2.0% 60.8%
2012 1.0% 59.4%
2011 1.0% 57.9%
2010 1.0% 56.7%
2009 1.0% 55.5%
2008 1.0% 54.3%
2007 1.0% 53.4%
2006 1.0% 52.8%
2005 1.0% 52.1%
2004 1.0% 51.2%
2003 1.0% 50.4%
2002 1.0% 49.6%
2001 1.0% 48.8%
2000 1.0% 47.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 6.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.0%, the figure has changed by +5.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, São Tomé and Príncipe has the 176th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 75.4%.

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All statistics for São Tomé and Príncipe

Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.CFT.ACCS.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: World Health Organization, Tracking SDG 7