Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Ecuador
Ecuador: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 86.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Ecuador, 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
Ecuador recorded 86.5% 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 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Ecuador peaked at 86.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 71.5%, in 2000.
That places Ecuador 91st 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 Ecuador, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71.5% | — |
| 2001 | 73.6% | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 75.5% | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 77.1% | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 78.3% | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 79.5% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 80.6% | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 81.4% | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 82.2% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 83.0% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 83.5% | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 83.9% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 84.2% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 84.7% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 85.0% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 85.4% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 85.5% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 85.9% | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 85.7% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 86.0% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.1% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 86.3% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 86.5% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.3% | 71.5% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.0% | 83.5% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.2% | 86.0% | 86.5% | 4 |
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More environment data for Ecuador
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3767 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0075 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate 27.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0.0041 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Ecuador?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Ecuador was 86.5% 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 Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 86.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.5% in 2000.
- How does Ecuador rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Ecuador ranks 91st out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.