Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services was 78 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 78 % for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 78 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 69 %, in 2000.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 153rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 69 % | — |
| 2001 | 70 % | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 70 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 71 % | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 71 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 72 % | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 72 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 72 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 73 % | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 73 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 74 % | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 74 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 74 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 75 % | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 75 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 75 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 76 % | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 76 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 76 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 77 % | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 77 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 77 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 78 % | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 78 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 78 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 71.3 % | 69 % | 73 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.2 % | 74 % | 77 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 77.6 % | 77 % | 78 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -16.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.85 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.214 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.16 °C (2025)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 0 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2019)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 0 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 45.7 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services in Sao Tome and Principe was 78 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 78 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 69 % in 2000.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 153rd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of population using at least basic drinking water services (percent) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.