Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 89.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Syrian Arab Republic, 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 Syrian Arab Republic stood at 89.0%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 98.1% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 89.0%, in 2023.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 85th 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 Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 97.5% | — |
| 2001 | 97.6% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.8% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 97.9% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 98.1% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 98.0% | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 97.9% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 97.8% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 97.7% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 97.4% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 97.2% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 96.8% | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 96.5% | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 96.1% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 95.8% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 95.3% | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 94.8% | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 94.1% | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 93.5% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 92.8% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 91.9% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 91.2% | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 90.1% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 97.8% | 97.4% | 98.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 92.8% | 97.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 90.5% | 89.0% | 91.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Syrian Arab Republic
- 83 Costa Rica 90.3% compare
- 84 Jamaica 89.7% compare
- 86 Tonga 88.7% compare
- 87 El Salvador 87.7% compare
- 88 Ukraine 87.6% compare
More environment data for Syrian Arab Republic
- Heating Degree Days 1,943 (2024)
- Cooling Degree Days 3,385 (2024)
- Total fisheries production 6,000 metric tons (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 4,835 metric tons (2024)
- Aquaculture production 1,165 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.2548 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0561 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0246 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 3.91 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Industrial Processes 1.26 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Syrian Arab Republic was 89.0% 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 98.1% in 2004.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 89.0% in 2023.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 85th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.