Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 1.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau, 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
Guinea-Bissau recorded 1.5% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and down 42.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau peaked at 3.4% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2023.
That places Guinea-Bissau 186th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4% | — |
| 2001 | 3.2% | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 3.0% | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 3.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 2.8% | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 2.7% | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2.6% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2.5% | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 2.4% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.3% | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2.1% | -8.7% |
| 2020 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 1.5% | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.0% | 2.7% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.5% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guinea-Bissau
- 183 Gambia 2.3% compare
- 184 Central African Republic 1.9% compare
- 185 Sierra Leone 1.6% compare
- 187 Liberia 1.4% compare
- 188 Burundi 0.1% compare
- 189 South Sudan 0.0% compare
More environment data for Guinea-Bissau
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.65 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.47 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2025)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 10.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value Standard 0.2505 million SLC per person (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, annual 10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, per unit 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Guinea-Bissau was 1.5% 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, urban recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4% in 2000.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Guinea-Bissau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2023.
- How does Guinea-Bissau rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 186th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Guinea-Bissau?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea-Bissau 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.