Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 57.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), 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
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) recorded 57.2% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) peaked at 57.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 39.7%, in 2000.
That places Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 27th out of 47 groups 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39.7% | — |
| 2001 | 41.4% | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 42.8% | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 43.8% | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 44.8% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 45.7% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 46.4% | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 47.0% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 47.6% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 48.0% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 48.5% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 48.8% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 49.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 49.3% | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 49.9% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 50.5% | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 51.3% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 52.0% | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 52.8% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 53.6% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 54.4% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 55.3% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 56.2% | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 57.2% | +1.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44.7% | 39.7% | 48.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.6% | 48.5% | 53.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.8% | 54.4% | 57.2% | 4 |
More environment data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1.07 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons), per capita 0.0083 metric tons per person (2024)
- Total fisheries production 6.14 million metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 3.60 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 2.55 million metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 9.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 8.11 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 99.29 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.6312 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.6397 Mt CO2e (2024)
All data for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) was 57.2% 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 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 57.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 39.7% in 2000.
- How does Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 27th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 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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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.