Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 79.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic, 2000–2023
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
Dominican Republic recorded 79.6% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic peaked at 79.6% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 66.1%, in 2000.
That places Dominican Republic 99th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 66.1% | — |
| 2001 | 68.1% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 69.0% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 69.7% | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 70.1% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 70.1% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 69.3% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 68.8% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 68.5% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 68.4% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 68.6% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 68.8% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 69.5% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 70.5% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 71.5% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 72.3% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 73.6% | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 74.8% | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 75.7% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 76.7% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 77.6% | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 78.7% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 79.6% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.0% | 66.1% | 70.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 71.4% | 68.4% | 75.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.2% | 76.7% | 79.6% | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.272 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 4.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0005 million USD per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Dominican Republic was 79.6% 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 79.6% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.1% in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Dominican Republic ranks 99th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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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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.