Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger
Niger: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 0.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger, 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
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger is 0.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger peaked at 0.5% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2000.
That places Niger 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Niger, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Niger
- 169 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8% compare
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- 172 Madagascar 0.5% compare
- 172 Malawi 0.5% compare
- 172 Mali 0.5% compare
- 172 Marshall Islands 0.5% compare
- 172 Somalia 0.5% compare
More environment data for Niger
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 4.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.334 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.05 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, annual growth rate -97.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Niger 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2022.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2000.
- How does Niger rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Niger ranks 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Niger 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.