Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 8.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 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
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.
That represents a change of up 5.1% on the previous year and up 79.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 8.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 44th of 47 groups on this measure, 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.6% | — |
| 2001 | 2.7% | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 2.8% | +5.0% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 3.1% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 3.3% | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 3.5% | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 3.6% | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 3.8% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 4.0% | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 4.2% | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 4.4% | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 4.6% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 4.9% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 6.6% | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 7.0% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 7.5% | +6.7% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 8.4% | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 8.8% | +5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.2% | 2.6% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 4.2% | 7.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.1% | 7.5% | 8.8% | 4 |
More environment data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 242.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Industrial Processes 76.22 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total fisheries production 9.57 million metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 904,561 metric tons (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 895.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.7007 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 310.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.4396 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 237.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.95 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 44th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 79.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 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.