Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mexico
Mexico: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 60.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mexico, 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 Mexico stood at 60.3%. 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 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mexico peaked at 60.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.8%, in 2000.
Mexico ranks 115th 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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46.8% | — |
| 2001 | 48.2% | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 49.6% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 50.6% | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 51.3% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 51.5% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 51.7% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 51.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 51.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 51.5% | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 51.4% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 51.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 51.8% | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 52.0% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 52.4% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 53.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 53.6% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 54.4% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 55.3% | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 56.2% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 57.2% | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 58.4% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 59.4% | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 60.3% | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 50.5% | 46.8% | 51.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.1% | 51.4% | 56.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.8% | 57.2% | 60.3% | 4 |
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More environment data for Mexico
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6859 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.6189 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.234 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.62 °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 0.0521 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — 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 Mexico?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Mexico was 60.3% 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 60.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.8% in 2000.
- How does Mexico rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Mexico ranks 115th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.