Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in China
China: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 95.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in China, 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 China stood at 95.2%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in China peaked at 95.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 68.7%, in 2000.
China ranks 105th 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 China, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 68.7% | — |
| 2001 | 69.6% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 70.6% | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 71.9% | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 72.9% | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 74.3% | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 75.3% | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 76.7% | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 78.1% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 79.1% | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 81.0% | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 82.1% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 83.5% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 85.3% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 86.6% | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 87.9% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 88.9% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 90.4% | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 91.3% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 92.3% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 93.3% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 94.1% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 95.2% | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 73.7% | 68.7% | 79.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 86.9% | 81.0% | 92.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.3% | 93.3% | 95.2% | 4 |
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More environment data for China
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per capita 0.0259 m3 per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0044 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -13.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Export value, annual growth rate -7.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 7.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in China?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in China was 95.2% 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 95.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 68.7% in 2000.
- How does China rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- China ranks 105th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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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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.