Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 73.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 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
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 73.3% 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 3.3% on the previous year and up 79.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 73.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18.3%, in 2000.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 18th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 18.3% | — |
| 2001 | 18.7% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 19.4% | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 20.1% | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 21.1% | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 22.1% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 23.3% | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 24.6% | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 26.6% | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 28.7% | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 31.3% | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 34.2% | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 37.3% | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 40.8% | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 44.7% | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 48.5% | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 52.3% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 55.9% | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 59.1% | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 62.5% | +5.7% |
| 2020 | 65.4% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 68.3% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 70.9% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 73.3% | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22.3% | 18.3% | 28.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 46.7% | 31.3% | 62.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.5% | 65.4% | 73.3% | 4 |
More environment data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 366.13 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 1,585 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production 142.46 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 109.49 million metric tons (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 15,301 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 7.15 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 7,495 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.7034 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1,350 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 28.02 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 73.3% 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 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 73.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.3% in 2000.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 18th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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.