Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 0.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands, 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
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands stood at 0.9%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands peaked at 3.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2022.
Solomon Islands ranks 168th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.3% | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 3.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 2.6% | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 2.4% | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 2.2% | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 2.1% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 1.7% | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.5% | -11.8% |
| 2016 | 1.4% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 1.3% | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1.2% | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 1.1% | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 1.0% | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -10.0% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.9% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 166 Eritrea 1.0% compare
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- 169 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.8% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Solomon Islands was 0.9% 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2022.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Solomon Islands ranks 168th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.