Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Lesotho
Lesotho: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 34.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Lesotho, 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
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Lesotho stood at 34.5%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 88.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Lesotho peaked at 34.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.3%, in 2000.
Lesotho ranks 124th of 189 countries on this measure, 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8.3% | — |
| 2001 | 8.8% | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 9.4% | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 10.0% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 10.8% | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 11.4% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 12.2% | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 13.0% | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 13.7% | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 15.5% | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 16.3% | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 17.4% | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 18.3% | +5.2% |
| 2014 | 19.4% | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 21.9% | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 23.5% | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 25.1% | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 26.7% | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 28.6% | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 30.3% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 32.4% | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 34.5% | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.2% | 8.3% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.5% | 15.5% | 26.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.4% | 28.6% | 34.5% | 4 |
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More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0002 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 205.62 % 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 Lesotho?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Lesotho was 34.5% 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 34.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3% in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Lesotho ranks 124th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.