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Sao Tome and Principe: People using at least basic drinking water services, rural

73.35percent · 2024+6.9% since 2014

The percentage of people using at least basic water services. This indicator encompasses both people using basic water services as well as those using safely managed water services. Basic drinking water services is defined as drinking water from an improved source, provided collection time is not more than 30 minutes for a round trip. Improved water sources include piped water, boreholes or tubewells, protected dug wells, protected springs, and packaged or delivered water. Annual figures for Sao Tome and Principe from 2000 to 2024.

20002024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202473.354
202372.684
202272.014
202171.345
202070.97
201970.59
201870.204
201769.813
201669.416
201569.014
201468.606
201368.192
201267.773
201167.348
201066.917
200966.481
200866.04
200765.593
200665.14
200564.681
200464.217
200363.748
200263.272
200162.791
200062.305

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by World Health Organization, UNICEF. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). People using at least basic drinking water services, rural. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-people-using-at-least-basic-drinking-water-services (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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