Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Egypt
Egypt: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 99.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Egypt, 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
Egypt recorded 99.9% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Egypt peaked at 99.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 71.8%, in 2000.
Egypt ranks 62nd of 189 countries 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 Egypt, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71.8% | — |
| 2001 | 78.2% | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 83.8% | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 88.0% | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 91.3% | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 93.8% | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 95.7% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 97.0% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 98.0% | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 98.7% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 99.2% | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 99.5% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.6% | 71.8% | 98.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.2% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0006 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Egypt?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Egypt was 99.9% 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.8% in 2000.
- How does Egypt rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Egypt ranks 62nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.