Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) by country
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.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
83.8%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,664
What the numbers show
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.8%, and the mean is 61.6%.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 658.5%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Naoero | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russian Federation | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States of America | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Egypt | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Maldives | 99.8% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 64 | Tunisia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 99.4% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 99.4% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 99.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 68 | Mauritius | 99.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Viet Nam | 98.7% | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Republic of Moldova | 98.3% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 98.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 97.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 74 | Morocco | 97.8% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 76 | Armenia | 97.3% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 78 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 93.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 92.9% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 91.3% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 81 | Cuba | 90.9% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 90.9% | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 89.7% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 85 | Syria | 89.0% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 86 | Tonga | 88.7% | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 87.7% | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 87.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Bhutan | 87.5% | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 90 | Georgia | 87.1% | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 86.5% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 92 | Grenada | 84.3% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 93 | Türkiye | 84.2% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 84.1% | 2023 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 83.8% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 95 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 83.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 83.4% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | 81.1% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 79.6% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 100 | Dominica | 79.2% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 101 | Malaysia | 77.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 102 | China | 77.4% | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 103 | Belize | 74.1% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 72.5% | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 105 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 71.2% | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 70.9% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 70.9% | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 70.9% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 109 | South Africa | 70.4% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 110 | Peru | 69.1% | 2023 | up 254.4% | volatile |
| 111 | India | 65.7% | 2023 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 63.6% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 61.8% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 115 | Mexico | 60.3% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 58.0% | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 117 | Gabon | 51.1% | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 118 | Cambodia | 49.3% | 2023 | up 658.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Paraguay | 44.4% | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 120 | Montenegro | 44.0% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 43.7% | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 122 | Philippines | 39.9% | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 123 | Myanmar | 38.4% | 2023 | up 624.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Lesotho | 34.5% | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 33.2% | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 126 | Pakistan | 33.1% | 2023 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 31.0% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 128 | Fiji | 29.9% | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 129 | Botswana | 26.4% | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 26.2% | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 131 | Nepal | 25.7% | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Honduras | 25.0% | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 133 | Yemen | 24.9% | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 20.4% | 2023 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 20.3% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 19.0% | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Guatemala | 17.3% | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 14.1% | 2023 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 13.5% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 11.4% | 2023 | up 356.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.9% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 10.8% | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 10.4% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 144 | Nigeria | 9.7% | 2023 | up 646.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 9.0% | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 8.8% | 2023 | up 41.9% | flat |
| 147 | Angola | 8.4% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 148 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7.6% | 2023 | up 204.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 7.5% | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 150 | Timor-Leste | 7.4% | 2023 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Comoros | 5.9% | 2023 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 5.8% | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Cameroon | 5.4% | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 154 | Congo | 4.9% | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 3.5% | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.9% | 2023 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.7% | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 158 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 2.5% | 2023 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Zambia | 2.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Kiribati | 2.2% | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Benin | 2.1% | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Haiti | 1.4% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 163 | Mozambique | 1.3% | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.1% | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 1.1% | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 1.0% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 166 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8% | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 169 | North Korea | 0.8% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 169 | Uganda | 0.8% | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 172 | Madagascar | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 172 | Mali | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 172 | Malawi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 172 | Niger | 0.5% | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 172 | Somalia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 179 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 180 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.1% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 180 | Gambia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Chad | 0.1% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 100.0%
- Euro area 100.0%
- European Union 100.0%
- North America 100.0%
- High income 100.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 98.6%
- Caribbean Small States 95.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 94.0%
- OECD members 93.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 89.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 81.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 79.9%
- Arab World 77.8%
- Upper middle income 77.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 74.1%
- East Asia & Pacific 74.0%
- IBRD only 73.6%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 73.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean 65.1%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 64.6%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 63.3%
- Middle income 59.6%
- South Asia 58.8%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 58.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 58.2%
- Small states 57.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 57.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 57.2%
- World 55.8%
- Early-demographic dividend 55.4%
- Other small states 53.4%
- IDA & IBRD total 53.1%
- Low & middle income 51.9%
- Lower middle income 49.4%
- IDA blend 23.1%
- Pacific island small states 17.5%
- IDA total 15.7%
- IDA only 12.5%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 10.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 10.3%
About this data
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.