Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Malaysia
Malaysia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 93.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Malaysia, 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
Malaysia recorded 93.6% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Malaysia peaked at 99.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 93.6%, in 2023.
That places Malaysia 111th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Malaysia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 99.5% | — |
| 2001 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 99.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 99.4% | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 99.4% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 99.2% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 99.1% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 98.8% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 98.6% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 98.4% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 98.1% | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 97.9% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 97.6% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 97.2% | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 96.8% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 96.3% | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 96.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 95.3% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 94.7% | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 94.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 93.6% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.3% | 99.0% | 99.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 96.0% | 98.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 94.5% | 93.6% | 95.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malaysia
- 108 Cape Verde 95.1% compare
- 109 Belize 94.8% compare
- 110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.5% compare
- 112 Kyrgyzstan 93.4% compare
- 113 Grenada 93.3% compare
- 114 North Macedonia 93.1% compare
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.179 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.25 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate -55.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Roundwood — Import value, per capita 0.0003 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, annual growth rate -0.3327 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0181 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Malaysia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Malaysia was 93.6% 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 Malaysia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Malaysia?
- The lowest recorded value was 93.6% in 2023.
- How does Malaysia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Malaysia ranks 111th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Malaysia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malaysia 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.