Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea
Eritrea: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 1.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea, 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
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea is 1.0%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea peaked at 1.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2000.
That places Eritrea 166th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.9% | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 163 Mozambique 1.3% compare
- 164 Sao Tome and Principe 1.1% compare
- 164 Togo 1.1% compare
- 166 Rwanda 1.0% compare
- 168 Solomon Islands 0.9% compare
- 169 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8% compare
- 169 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.8% compare
- 169 Uganda 0.8% compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -10.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 57.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.531 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 0.012 °C (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eritrea was 1.0% 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2000.
- How does Eritrea rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Eritrea ranks 166th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.