Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking was 0.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau, 2000–2023
Source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, ACRA Europe. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau is 0.8%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 11.1% on the previous year and down 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 1.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2023.
That places Guinea-Bissau 186th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.4% | — |
| 2001 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 1.2% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | -11.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 183 Central African Republic 1.0% compare
- 183 Guinea 1.0% compare
- 185 Sierra Leone 0.9% compare
- 186 Liberia 0.8% compare
- 188 Burundi 0.1% compare
- 189 South Sudan 0.0% compare
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Guinea-Bissau was 0.8% in 2023, according to Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, ACRA Europe.
- What is the highest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2023.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 186th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau data come from?
- The figures come from Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, ACRA Europe, published as part of Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking is the proportion of total population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.