Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar
Madagascar: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 0.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar, 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
Madagascar recorded 0.5% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar peaked at 0.8% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2012.
Madagascar ranks 172nd of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8% | — |
| 2001 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | -12.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 2008 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 4 |
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More environment data for Madagascar
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.297 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.17 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0024 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 174.55 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import value, annual growth rate 180.71 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Madagascar was 0.5% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2000.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
- How does Madagascar rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Madagascar ranks 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.