Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Yemen
Yemen: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 24.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Yemen, 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 Yemen stood at 24.9%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.8% on the previous year and down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Yemen peaked at 44.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 24.9%, in 2023.
That places Yemen 133rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.9% | — |
| 2001 | 41.7% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 42.5% | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 43.0% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 43.5% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 43.8% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 44.2% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 44.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 44.7% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 44.1% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 43.9% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 43.7% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 43.0% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 41.9% | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 40.9% | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 39.5% | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 37.8% | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 36.4% | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 34.6% | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 32.7% | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 30.8% | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 29.0% | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 27.0% | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 24.9% | -7.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 43.3% | 40.9% | 44.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.4% | 32.7% | 43.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.9% | 24.9% | 30.8% | 4 |
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More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 3.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production, annual growth rate 3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Yemen?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Yemen was 24.9% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 44.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.9% in 2023.
- How does Yemen rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Yemen ranks 133rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.