São Tomé and Príncipe''s energy consumption
While around 78 percent of the population has access to electricity, the supply is often unreliable, leading many households to depend on candles, kerosene, and biomass for lighting and cooking.
While around 78 percent of the population has access to electricity, the supply is often unreliable, leading many households to depend on candles, kerosene, and biomass for lighting and cooking.
Compared to other countries in the region, the STP has a good electrification rate with 75.2% of the total population has access to electricity where 68.6% is the rural access rate and 77.5% from urban areas.
NOTE: This time series graph shows the Electricity Consumption of Sao Tome and Principe based on our stored data from 2004 to 2024, taken from the CIA World fact books of the respective years.
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