Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 7.5% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Zimbabwe, 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
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Zimbabwe is 7.5%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 41.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Zimbabwe peaked at 7.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2004.
Zimbabwe ranks 149th of 189 countries 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % of rural population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5.2% | — |
| 2001 | 5.0% | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 4.6% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 4.5% | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 4.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4.5% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4.5% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4.6% | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 4.8% | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 4.8% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 5.1% | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 5.3% | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 5.4% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 5.7% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 5.9% | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 6.1% | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 6.4% | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 6.5% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 6.8% | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 7.1% | +4.4% |
| 2022 | 7.2% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 7.5% | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.7% | 4.5% | 5.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.6% | 4.8% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.2% | 6.8% | 7.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
- 146 Senegal 8.8% compare
- 147 Angola 8.4% compare
- 148 Côte d'Ivoire 7.6% compare
- 150 Timor-Leste 7.4% compare
- 151 Comoros 5.9% compare
- 152 Papua New Guinea 5.8% compare
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.311 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.06 °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 0.0068 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 65.73 % 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 Zimbabwe?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Zimbabwe was 7.5% 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 7.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2004.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Zimbabwe ranks 149th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.