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Sao Tome and Principe Water

Water Precipitation in Sao Tome and Principe

Water Precipitation in depth
3,200 mm/year
Long-term average annual precipitation in depth (mm/year 2017)
Water precipitation in volume
3.1 billion m³/year
(Long-term average annual precipitation in volume (billion m³/year 2017)

Water Resources in Sao Tome and Principe

This is the sum of renewable groundwater and renewable surface water resources (both internal and external)

Renewable Water Resources
2 billion m³/year
Total Renewable Water Resources (2017)
Water Resources per Capita
10,671 m³/person/year
Renewable Water per Inhabitant (2017)
Water Dependency
0 %
Water from outside the country (2017)

Water Use in Sao Tome and Principe


Total, by Sector, and by Year

Notes: Years with missing data left empty.
Water use can include water used and then returned to its source (renewable resource).

People with no access to a safe drinking water source in Sao Tome and Principe

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Don't have access to safe drinking water
5,833 people
2.9 % of the population of Sao Tome and Principe (2015)

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