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Sao Tome and Principe
Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population)

Access to electricity, rural is the percentage of rural population with access to electricity.

Global rank#165out of 210 countries
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Historical trend

76.465.855.344.734.1200020122024Sao Tome and Principe · 2024: 75Sao Tome and Principe

Analytical takeaways

  • Sao Tome and Principe records 75 for Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) in 2024, ranking #165 globally out of 210 countries.
  • Access to electricity, rural (% of rural population) increased from 40 in 2000 to 75 in 2024, a gain of 35.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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