Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives
Maldives: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 99.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives, 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
The most recent figure for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives is 99.9%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives peaked at 99.9% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 48.8%, in 2000.
Maldives ranks 62nd 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 Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 48.8% | — |
| 2001 | 58.7% | +20.3% |
| 2002 | 68.1% | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 76.1% | +11.7% |
| 2004 | 83.5% | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 88.4% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 92.3% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 95.0% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 96.8% | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 97.9% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 98.7% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 99.2% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 99.5% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 99.7% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 99.8% | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.9% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 80.6% | 48.8% | 97.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 99.6% | 98.7% | 99.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.9% | 99.9% | 99.9% | 4 |
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More environment data for Maldives
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.252 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.911 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate 29.14 % 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 0.0007 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
- Roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0.499 % change on previous year (2024)
- Wood fuel — Production, annual growth rate 0.499 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Maldives was 99.9% 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2016.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.8% in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Maldives ranks 62nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.