Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Europe & Central Asia
Europe & Central Asia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 94.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Europe & Central Asia, 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
Europe & Central Asia recorded 94.0% 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 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Europe & Central Asia peaked at 94.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 88.0%, in 2000.
That places Europe & Central Asia 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 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 Europe & Central Asia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 88.0% | — |
| 2001 | 88.4% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 88.9% | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 89.3% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 89.7% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 90.1% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 90.6% | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 90.9% | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 91.2% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 91.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 92.2% | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 92.7% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 93.0% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 93.2% | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 93.4% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 93.5% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 93.6% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 93.7% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 93.8% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 93.8% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 93.9% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 94.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 89.9% | 88.0% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 93.0% | 91.8% | 93.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.9% | 93.8% | 94.0% | 4 |
More environment data for Europe & Central Asia
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 291.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 436.52 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production 18.72 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 4.27 million metric tons (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6,082 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.62 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1,944 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.2526 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1,426 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 14.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Europe & Central Asia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Europe & Central Asia was 94.0% 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 Europe & Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 94.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Europe & Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 88.0% in 2000.
- How does Europe & Central Asia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Europe & Central Asia ranks 8th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Europe & Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe & Central Asia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
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.