Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Uganda
Uganda: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 0.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Uganda, 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
Uganda recorded 0.8% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Uganda peaked at 0.8% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2000.
That places Uganda 169th 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 Uganda, 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% | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +14.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 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 | 0.5% | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +16.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 166 Eritrea 1.0% compare
- 166 Rwanda 1.0% compare
- 168 Solomon Islands 0.9% compare
- 169 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.8% compare
- 169 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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
- 172 Somalia 0.5% compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0088 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 7.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, 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 Uganda?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Uganda was 0.8% 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2022.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2000.
- How does Uganda rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Uganda ranks 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.