Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Maldives
Maldives: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 99.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Maldives, 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 Maldives stood at 99.8%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Maldives peaked at 99.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 64th 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 Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.8% | — |
| 2001 | 23.6% | +49.4% |
| 2002 | 33.3% | +41.1% |
| 2003 | 44.1% | +32.6% |
| 2004 | 54.8% | +24.1% |
| 2005 | 64.3% | +17.4% |
| 2006 | 72.5% | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 79.0% | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 84.1% | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 87.8% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 91.0% | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 93.2% | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 94.8% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 97.1% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 97.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 98.4% | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 98.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 99.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 99.3% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 99.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 99.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 55.9% | 15.8% | 87.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.6% | 91.0% | 99.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.7% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 4 |
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More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 48.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.1451 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import value, annual growth rate 65.25 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Maldives?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Maldives was 99.8% 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Maldives ranks 64th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.