Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia
Liberia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking was 0.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia, 2000–2023
Source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, ACRA Europe. Measured in % of population.
Analysis
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia peaked at 0.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2008.
Liberia ranks 186th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia, year by year
| Year | % of population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.5% | — |
| 2001 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 183 Central African Republic 1.0% compare
- 183 Guinea 1.0% compare
- 185 Sierra Leone 0.9% compare
- 186 Guinea-Bissau 0.8% compare
- 188 Burundi 0.1% compare
- 189 South Sudan 0.0% compare
More environment data for Liberia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.28 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.42 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 6.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0016 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate -16.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import 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 Liberia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking in Liberia 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2008.
- How does Liberia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking?
- Liberia ranks 186th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.