Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mauritania
Mauritania: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 20.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mauritania, 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 Mauritania stood at 20.3%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mauritania peaked at 20.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 2000.
That places Mauritania 135th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 13.6% | — |
| 2001 | 14.2% | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 15.2% | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 15.8% | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 16.4% | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 16.9% | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 17.7% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 18.0% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 18.1% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 18.6% | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 18.7% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 18.9% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 18.7% | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 18.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 19.2% | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 19.2% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19.2% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 19.4% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 19.6% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 19.9% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 19.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 20.0% | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 20.3% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.3% | 13.6% | 18.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 19.0% | 18.6% | 19.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.0% | 19.9% | 20.3% | 4 |
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More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0042 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0007 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2015)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mauritania?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mauritania was 20.3% 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 20.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Mauritania ranks 135th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.