Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Democratic Republic of the: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 0.8% in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
0.8%
Change on year
up 14.3%
World rank
169th
of 189 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2023
All-time low
0.0%
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, 2000–2023

00.20.40.60.82000201120232000: 0 % of rural population2001: 0 % of rural population2002: 0 % of rural population2003: 0.1 % of rural population2004: 0 % of rural population2005: 0.1 % of rural population2006: 0.1 % of rural population2007: 0.1 % of rural population2008: 0.1 % of rural population2009: 0.1 % of rural population2010: 0.1 % of rural population2011: 0.2 % of rural population2012: 0.2 % of rural population2013: 0.2 % of rural population2014: 0.3 % of rural population2015: 0.3 % of rural population2016: 0.4 % of rural population2017: 0.4 % of rural population2018: 0.5 % of rural population2019: 0.5 % of rural population2020: 0.6 % of rural population2021: 0.6 % of rural population2022: 0.7 % of rural population2023: 0.8 % 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). Measured in % of rural population.

Analysis

Congo, Democratic Republic of the recorded 0.8% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 14.3% on the previous year and up 300.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the peaked at 0.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.

That places Congo, Democratic Republic of the 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, year by year

Annual values for Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in Congo, Democratic Republic of the, 2000 to 2023.
Year % of rural population Change
2000 0.0%
2001 0.0%
2002 0.0%
2003 0.1%
2004 0.0% -100.0%
2005 0.1%
2006 0.1% +0.0%
2007 0.1% +0.0%
2008 0.1% +0.0%
2009 0.1% +0.0%
2010 0.1% +0.0%
2011 0.2% +100.0%
2012 0.2% +0.0%
2013 0.2% +0.0%
2014 0.3% +50.0%
2015 0.3% +0.0%
2016 0.4% +33.3%
2017 0.4% +0.0%
2018 0.5% +25.0%
2019 0.5% +0.0%
2020 0.6% +20.0%
2021 0.6% +0.0%
2022 0.7% +16.7%
2023 0.8% +14.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1% 0.0% 0.1% 10
2010s 0.3% 0.1% 0.5% 10
2020s 0.7% 0.6% 0.8% 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the?
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, Democratic Republic of the was 0.8% in 2023, according to 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).
What is the highest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Congo, Democratic Republic of the?
The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2023.
What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Congo, Democratic Republic of the?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
How does Congo, Democratic Republic of the rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
Congo, Democratic Republic of the ranks 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Congo, Democratic Republic of the?
Over the last ten years it is up 300.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Congo, Democratic Republic of the data come from?
The figures 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 part of Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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

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.