Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Pacific island small states
Pacific island small states: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 17.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Pacific island small states, 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 Pacific island small states is 17.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 47.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Pacific island small states peaked at 17.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.0%, in 2000.
Pacific island small states ranks 36th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Pacific island small states, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 7.0% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 8.3% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 8.6% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 9.0% | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 9.2% | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 9.6% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 10.0% | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 10.4% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 10.8% | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 11.3% | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 11.8% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 12.4% | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 12.9% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 13.5% | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 14.1% | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 14.6% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 15.3% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 15.9% | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 16.5% | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 17.5% | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.5% | 7.0% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.7% | 10.4% | 15.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.7% | 15.9% | 17.5% | 4 |
More environment data for Pacific island small states
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production 906,904 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 875,661 metric tons (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 4.17 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.53 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 1.1 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.3846 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.13 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0.3038 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0258 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Pacific island small states?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Pacific island small states was 17.5% 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 Pacific island small states?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Pacific island small states?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.0% in 2000.
- How does Pacific island small states rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Pacific island small states ranks 36th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Pacific island small states?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pacific island small states 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.