Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana
Botswana: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 86.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana, 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 urban population.
Analysis
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana stood at 86.4%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana peaked at 86.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.4%, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 126th of 189 countries 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, urban in Botswana, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 70.4% | — |
| 2001 | 71.8% | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 73.4% | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 74.6% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 76.1% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 77.4% | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 78.3% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 79.5% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 80.3% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 81.1% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 81.9% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 82.6% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 83.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 83.6% | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 84.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 84.5% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 84.8% | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 84.9% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 85.5% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 85.7% | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 85.9% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 86.0% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 86.2% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 86.4% | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.3% | 70.4% | 81.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.1% | 81.9% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.1% | 85.9% | 86.4% | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Sawnwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood — Production, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
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- Sawnwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana was 86.4% 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, urban recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.4% in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Botswana ranks 126th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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, urban (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban is the proportion of urban population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.