Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC): Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 7.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), 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
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) recorded 7.1% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 92.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) peaked at 7.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2000.
That places Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 46th out of 47 groups 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC), year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.4% | — |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 1.7% | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | +7.1% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 2.1% | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 2.9% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 3.2% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 3.4% | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 3.7% | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 4.0% | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | +7.5% |
| 2016 | 4.6% | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +7.0% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 5.7% | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 6.8% | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 7.1% | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.0% | 1.4% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.2% | 2.9% | 5.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.6% | 6.0% | 7.1% | 4 |
More environment data for Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 195.53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 35 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production 6.76 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 694,374 metric tons (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 298.88 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.3178 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 58.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.3131 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 131.74 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 7.1% 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 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The highest recorded value was 7.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2000.
- How does Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) ranks 46th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 92.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 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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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.