Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 5.8% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea, 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
Papua New Guinea recorded 5.8% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea peaked at 5.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 152nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.1% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +40.0% |
| 2006 | 1.0% | +42.9% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | +30.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6% | +23.1% |
| 2009 | 2.1% | +31.2% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 2.9% | +20.8% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 3.6% | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 4.3% | +10.3% |
| 2016 | 4.5% | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 4.6% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 5.0% | +8.7% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 5.4% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 5.6% | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 5.7% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8% | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 2.4% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 5.4% | 5.8% | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 13.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 0.0021 million SLC per person (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, annual 6.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, per unit 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, per 0.0006 million USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Papua New Guinea was 5.8% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 152nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.