Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Lesotho
Lesotho: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 86.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Lesotho, 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
Lesotho recorded 86.9% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Lesotho peaked at 86.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 46.5%, in 2000.
Lesotho ranks 124th 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 Lesotho, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 46.5% | — |
| 2001 | 50.3% | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 53.6% | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 56.8% | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 59.9% | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 62.5% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 65.2% | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 67.1% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 69.1% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 70.9% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 72.7% | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 74.2% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 75.7% | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 77.3% | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 78.4% | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 79.6% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 81.0% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 82.0% | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 83.1% | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 83.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 84.8% | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 85.6% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 86.4% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 86.9% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.2% | 46.5% | 70.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 78.8% | 72.7% | 83.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.9% | 84.8% | 86.9% | 4 |
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More environment data for Lesotho
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.783 °C (2025)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood charcoal — Production, annual growth rate 1.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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 0.003 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood — Import quantity, annual growth rate 293.88 % 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, urban in Lesotho?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Lesotho was 86.9% 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 86.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.5% in 2000.
- How does Lesotho rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Lesotho ranks 124th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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.