São Tomé and Principe - Electricity Access 2017
74.30%
+4.90pp from 2016
São Tomé and Principe's electricity access was 74.30% in 2017, increased +4.90pp from 69.40% in 2016. This was the 167th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aruba | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Argentina | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 5th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Australia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Austria | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Azerbaijan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Belgium | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Bahamas, The | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Barbados | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Brunei Darussalam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Canada | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Switzerland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Channel Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 19th | China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Curaçao | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Cyprus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Czechia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Germany | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Denmark | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Dominican Republic | 100.00% | 1.1% |
| 27th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Spain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Estonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Finland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 31st | France | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Faroe Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | United Kingdom | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Georgia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Greece | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 37th | Greenland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Guam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Croatia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Hungary | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Isle of Man | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Ireland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Iceland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Israel | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Italy | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Jordan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Japan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Kazakhstan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Kyrgyz Republic | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 51st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Korea | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Liechtenstein | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Lithuania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Luxembourg | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Latvia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 59th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 60th | Morocco | 100.00% | 2.2% |
| 61st | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Moldova | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 63rd | Mexico | 100.00% | 0.5% |
| 64th | North Macedonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Malta | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 100.00% | 0.4% |
| 67th | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Netherlands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Norway | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Oman | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Palau | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Poland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Portugal | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 78th | French Polynesia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Qatar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Romania | 100.00% | 0.9% |
| 81st | Russian Federation | 100.00% | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Saudi Arabia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 83rd | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 84th | San Marino | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Serbia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 86th | Slovak Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Slovenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Sweden | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Turkmenistan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Tunisia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Türkiye | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Ukraine | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 97th | United States | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Uzbekistan | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 99th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 100th | British Virgin Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Virgin Islands (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Viet Nam | 100.00% | 0.8% |
| 103rd | European Union | 99.97% | 0.1% |
| 104th | Albania | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 106th | Iraq | 99.90% | 0.2% |
| 107th | Lebanon | 99.90% | 0.1% |
| 108th | St. Lucia | 99.90% | 0.1% |
| 109th | West Bank and Gaza | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 110th | Thailand | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 111th | Brazil | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 112th | Maldives | 99.80% | -0.2% |
| 113th | Nauru | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Uruguay | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 115th | Armenia | 99.70% | -0.1% |
| 116th | Chile | 99.70% | -0.3% |
| 117th | Costa Rica | 99.60% | 0.1% |
| 118th | Mauritius | 99.60% | -0.1% |
| 119th | Algeria | 99.50% | 0.1% |
| 120th | Cuba | 99.40% | 0.2% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 99.30% | 0.9% |
| 122nd | Tajikistan | 99.30% | 0.0% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 99.20% | 0.5% |
| 124th | Dominica | 98.90% | 1.1% |
| 125th | Belarus | 98.70% | 0.7% |
| 126th | Tuvalu | 98.70% | 1.4% |
| 127th | Colombia | 98.50% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Tonga | 98.20% | 1.2% |
| 129th | Bulgaria | 98.10% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Indonesia | 98.10% | 0.5% |
| 131st | Afghanistan | 97.70% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Bhutan | 97.70% | -1.6% |
| 133rd | Sri Lanka | 97.50% | 0.0% |
| 134th | Jamaica | 97.40% | 0.8% |
| 135th | El Salvador | 96.80% | 0.8% |
| 136th | Samoa | 96.80% | -2.1% |
| 137th | Suriname | 96.60% | 0.8% |
| 138th | Fiji | 96.00% | 2.8% |
| 139th | Peru | 94.80% | 0.6% |
| 140th | Belize | 94.20% | 1.0% |
| 141st | Marshall Islands | 93.80% | 1.2% |
| 142nd | Panama | 93.70% | 1.4% |
| 143rd | Lao PDR | 93.60% | 5.2% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 93.60% | 3.1% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 93.30% | 1.6% |
| 146th | Philippines | 93.00% | 1.1% |
| 147th | Pakistan | 92.70% | 1.0% |
| 148th | Grenada | 92.20% | 0.4% |
| 149th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 91.80% | 0.0% |
| 150th | India | 91.80% | 2.5% |
| 151st | Guyana | 90.00% | 1.1% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 89.60% | -0.2% |
| 153rd | Cambodia | 89.10% | 29.5% |
| 154th | Cabo Verde | 88.60% | 1.3% |
| 155th | Bangladesh | 88.00% | 15.9% |
| 156th | Nepal | 86.60% | -4.5% |
| 157th | Honduras | 86.50% | -5.6% |
| 158th | Gabon | 86.30% | -2.0% |
| 159th | Kiribati | 85.70% | -7.5% |
| 160th | Nicaragua | 84.60% | 0.8% |
| 161st | South Africa | 84.40% | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Timor-Leste | 79.50% | 3.9% |
| 163rd | Yemen, Republic of | 79.20% | 14.9% |
| 164th | Ghana | 79.00% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Comoros | 78.70% | 3.0% |
| 166th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 76.50% | 2.3% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 74.30% | 7.1% |
| 168th | Eswatini | 73.50% | 15.9% |
| 169th | Libya | 70.60% | -2.2% |
| 170th | Myanmar | 69.80% | 25.5% |
| 171st | Botswana | 67.40% | 5.0% |
| 172nd | Equatorial Guinea | 66.40% | 0.3% |
| 173rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 65.60% | 2.0% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | 62.90% | 8.1% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 62.80% | 8.7% |
| 176th | Senegal | 61.70% | -4.3% |
| 177th | Cameroon | 60.90% | 1.8% |
| 178th | Djibouti | 60.20% | 0.7% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 56.20% | -0.4% |
| 180th | Kenya | 55.80% | 5.1% |
| 181st | Nigeria | 54.40% | -8.3% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 53.00% | 5.0% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 52.50% | 5.6% |
| 184th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 52.10% | 2.0% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 48.00% | 2.3% |
| 186th | Togo | 48.00% | 2.6% |
| 187th | Congo, Republic of | 46.20% | 2.0% |
| 188th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 44.20% | 5.0% |
| 189th | Zimbabwe | 44.00% | 3.5% |
| 190th | Haiti | 43.30% | 7.2% |
| 191st | Angola | 42.90% | 2.6% |
| 192nd | Mauritania | 42.90% | 4.1% |
| 193rd | Zambia | 40.30% | 13.8% |
| 194th | Guinea | 35.40% | 5.7% |
| 195th | Mali | 34.80% | -10.3% |
| 196th | Benin | 34.50% | -6.8% |
| 197th | Rwanda | 34.10% | 16.0% |
| 198th | Lesotho | 33.70% | -4.0% |
| 199th | Uganda | 32.40% | 21.3% |
| 200th | Tanzania | 32.10% | -2.1% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | 26.00% | 13.5% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 24.30% | -7.3% |
| 203rd | Liberia | 24.20% | 36.7% |
| 204th | Madagascar | 24.10% | 5.2% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 23.40% | 15.3% |
| 206th | Papua New Guinea | 19.20% | 42.2% |
| 207th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 18.00% | 4.0% |
| 208th | Niger | 17.60% | 3.5% |
| 209th | Burkina Faso | 17.00% | 2.4% |
| 210th | Central African Republic | 14.10% | 5.2% |
| 211th | Malawi | 12.70% | 15.5% |
| 212th | Chad | 10.90% | 18.5% |
| 213th | Burundi | 9.30% | 9.4% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 4.20% | -20.8% |
FAQ
What was São Tomé and Principe's electricity access in 2017?▾
São Tomé and Principe's electricity access in 2017 was 74.30%. This ranked 167th globally.
How did São Tomé and Principe's electricity access change in 2017?▾
São Tomé and Principe's electricity access increased by 7.1% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest electricity access in 2017?▾
Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2017 at 100.00%.
What is the electricity access of São Tomé and Principe in 2017?▾
The electricity access of São Tomé and Principe in 2017 was 74.30%. This ranked 167th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for São Tomé and Principe's electricity access?▾
São Tomé and Principe's electricity access went from 69.40% in 2016 to 74.30% in 2017, a 7.1% increase.
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