Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 2.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea, 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
Equatorial Guinea recorded 2.7% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 10.0% on the previous year and down 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 5.4% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2.7%, in 2023.
That places Equatorial Guinea 157th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.1% | — |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 4.9% | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 5.0% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 5.1% | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 5.1% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 5.4% | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 5.3% | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 5.2% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 4.5% | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 4.3% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 4.1% | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 3.9% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 3.6% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 3.1% | -6.1% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 2.7% | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.1% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 3.6% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 154 Congo 4.9% compare
- 155 Burkina Faso 3.5% compare
- 156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.9% compare
- 158 Tanzania, United Republic of 2.5% compare
- 159 Zambia 2.3% compare
- 160 Kiribati 2.2% compare
More environment data for Equatorial Guinea
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.21 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0424 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 366.51 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Equatorial Guinea was 2.7% 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 Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2008.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.7% in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 157th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.