What is the difference in access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural between Dominican Republic and Malaysia?

1.7%, with Dominican Republic ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Malaysia?

24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), published as Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Malaysia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural

Dominican Republic

79.6%

in 2023

Malaysia

77.9%

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

99th

Malaysia rank

101st

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural over time

Dominican Republic
Malaysia

How they compare

Dominican Republic currently reports 79.6% against 77.9% in Malaysia, a difference of 1.7%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malaysia ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 99th and Malaysia ranks 101st of 189 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	69.0%	95.0%	26.0%	Malaysia
2010s	71.4%	89.1%	17.7%	Malaysia
2020s	78.2%	80.2%	2.0%	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural, Dominican Republic or Malaysia?: Dominican Republic, at 79.6% against 77.9% in Malaysia as of 2023.
What is the difference in access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural between Dominican Republic and Malaysia?: 1.7%, with Dominican Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Malaysia?: 24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Malaysia rank globally for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?: Dominican Republic ranks 99th and Malaysia ranks 101st of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), published as Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
Unit: % of rural population
Source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 5,664 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.