Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in World
World: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 55.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in World, 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
World recorded 55.8% 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 3.7% on the previous year and up 59.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in World peaked at 55.8% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23.8%, in 2000.
World ranks 29th of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 World, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.8% | — |
| 2001 | 24.1% | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 24.6% | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 25.0% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 25.6% | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 26.1% | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 26.7% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 27.4% | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 28.3% | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 29.2% | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 30.4% | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 31.8% | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 33.2% | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 35.0% | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 36.8% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 38.8% | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 41.0% | +5.5% |
| 2017 | 43.2% | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 45.3% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 47.5% | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 49.7% | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 51.8% | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 53.8% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 55.8% | +3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.1% | 23.8% | 29.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.3% | 30.4% | 47.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.7% | 49.7% | 55.8% | 4 |
More environment data for World
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.5 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, annual growth rate -0.2667 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0.0547 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 0.1019 % 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 World?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in World was 55.8% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 55.8% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.8% in 2000.
- How does World rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- World ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.