Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Somalia
Somalia: 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 Somalia, 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
Somalia recorded 0.5% 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 25.0% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Somalia peaked at 0.5% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2000.
That places Somalia 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 Somalia, 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 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -25.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 169 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8% compare
- 169 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0.8% compare
- 169 Uganda 0.8% compare
- 172 Madagascar 0.5% compare
- 172 Malawi 0.5% compare
- 172 Mali 0.5% compare
- 172 Marshall Islands 0.5% compare
- 172 Niger 0.5% compare
More environment data for Somalia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -28.64 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -24.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.278 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.53 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Somalia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Somalia 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2000.
- How does Somalia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Somalia ranks 172nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia 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.