Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Colombia
Colombia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 99.2% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Colombia, 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
Colombia recorded 99.2% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Colombia peaked at 99.2% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 93.5%, in 2000.
That places Colombia 78th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 93.5% | — |
| 2001 | 94.1% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 94.7% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 95.1% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 95.6% | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 96.0% | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 96.3% | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 96.9% | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 97.1% | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 97.4% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 97.9% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 98.1% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 98.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 98.4% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 98.6% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 98.7% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.8% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 98.9% | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 99.1% | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 99.1% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.2% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.6% | 93.5% | 97.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.3% | 97.4% | 98.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.1% | 99.0% | 99.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 76 Jordan 99.3% compare
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- 79 Saint Lucia 99.1% compare
- 79 Ukraine 99.1% compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.267 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.59 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 8.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0004 million USD per person (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value 12.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value, per 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Colombia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Colombia was 99.2% 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.2% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.5% in 2000.
- How does Colombia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Colombia ranks 78th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia 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.