Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eswatini
Eswatini: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 31.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eswatini, 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
Eswatini recorded 31.0% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eswatini peaked at 31.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 10.8%, in 2000.
That places Eswatini 127th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10.8% | — |
| 2001 | 11.9% | +10.2% |
| 2002 | 13.0% | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 14.3% | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 15.5% | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 16.7% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 18.0% | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 19.3% | +7.2% |
| 2008 | 20.4% | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 21.7% | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 22.7% | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 23.9% | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 25.2% | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 26.5% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 27.8% | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 28.8% | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 29.4% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 30.0% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 30.2% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 30.6% | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 30.8% | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 31.1% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 31.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 31.0% | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.2% | 10.8% | 21.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.5% | 22.7% | 30.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.0% | 30.8% | 31.1% | 4 |
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More environment data for Eswatini
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.321 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.1639 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -13.83 % 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 0.059 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate -54.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eswatini?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Eswatini was 31.0% 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 31.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.8% in 2000.
- How does Eswatini rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Eswatini ranks 127th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.