Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 91.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Saint Lucia, 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 Saint Lucia is 91.3%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Saint Lucia peaked at 96.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 91.3%, in 2023.
Saint Lucia ranks 80th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 95.9% | — |
| 2001 | 96.1% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 96.4% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 96.3% | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 96.4% | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 96.6% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 96.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 96.7% | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 96.6% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 96.4% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 96.4% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 96.1% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 96.0% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 95.6% | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 95.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 94.7% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 94.3% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 93.9% | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 93.1% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 92.7% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 92.3% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 91.7% | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 91.3% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.4% | 95.9% | 96.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.2% | 93.1% | 96.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.0% | 91.3% | 92.7% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 77 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.0% compare
- 78 Iran, Islamic Republic of 93.3% compare
- 79 Suriname 92.9% compare
- 81 Cuba 90.9% compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 90.9% compare
- 83 Costa Rica 90.3% compare
More environment data for Saint Lucia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.19 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.257 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.32 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.016 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 0.0074 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate -0.5831 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, 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 Saint Lucia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Saint Lucia was 91.3% 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 96.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 91.3% in 2023.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Saint Lucia ranks 80th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.