Sao Tome and Principe Energy Situation

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Sao Tome and Principe

Capital:

Sao Tome

Region:

Coordinates:

0.3368° N, 6.7278° E

Total Area (km²): It includes a country's total area, including areas under inland bodies of water and some coastal waterways.

960

Population: It is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin.

231,856 (2023)

Rural Population (% of total population): It refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

24 (2023)

GDP (current US$): It is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources.

603,240,749 (2023)

GDP Per Capita (current US$): It is gross domestic product divided by midyear population

2,601.79 (2023)

Access to Electricity (% of population): It is the percentage of population with access to electricity.

78.00 (2022)

Energy Imports Net (% of energy use): It is estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.

no data

Fossil Fuel Energy Consumption (% of total): It comprises coal, oil, petroleum, and natural gas products.

0.00 (2007)

Source: World Bank

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Ongoing Energy Projects

• Promotion of environmentally sustainable and climate-resilient grid-based hydropower through an integrated approach in Sao Tome and Principe" project:- This project launched by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with the Government of Sao Tome, on March 2016,  will focus on promoting renewable energy; particularly on reducing the financial burden on the Government and sustainable energy transition.
  

The program will last 5 years and during this time, the small hydropower plants are expected to generate 365,000 MWh of electricity and avoid 874,200 tons of C02. As a first step, actions are already being taken to overcome the existing barriers to the development of off-grid and grid-connected small hydropower plants.