Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Senegal
Senegal: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 8.8% in 2023. ▬ Flat
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Senegal, 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
Senegal recorded 8.8% 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 7.3% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Senegal peaked at 8.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6.1%, in 2015.
That places Senegal 146th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 6.9% | — |
| 2001 | 7.3% | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 7.7% | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 7.9% | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 8.0% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 8.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 7.6% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 7.2% | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 6.7% | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 6.5% | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 6.3% | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 6.2% | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6.1% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 7.3% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 7.7% | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 8.2% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 7.5% | 6.9% | 8.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 6.1% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.0% | 7.3% | 8.8% | 4 |
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More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °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 0.0017 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate -36.62 % 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 Senegal?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Senegal was 8.8% 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.1% in 2015.
- How does Senegal rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Senegal ranks 146th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Senegal 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.