Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mauritania
Mauritania: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 75.3% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mauritania, 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
Mauritania recorded 75.3% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mauritania peaked at 75.3% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 52.7%, in 2000.
That places Mauritania 132nd 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 Mauritania, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.7% | — |
| 2001 | 55.1% | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 57.7% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 59.6% | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 61.7% | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 63.1% | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 64.3% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 65.3% | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 66.6% | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 67.2% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 67.8% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 68.5% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 69.2% | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 69.7% | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 70.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 70.8% | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 71.3% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 72.0% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 72.4% | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 73.2% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 73.9% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 74.1% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 74.8% | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 75.3% | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 61.3% | 52.7% | 67.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 70.5% | 67.8% | 73.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.5% | 73.9% | 75.3% | 4 |
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More environment data for Mauritania
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.465 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.85 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate -12.13 % 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, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2015)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, per capita 0 m3 per person (2024)
- Roundwood — Export value, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2022)
- Roundwood — Export value, per capita 0 1000 USD per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mauritania?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mauritania was 75.3% 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 75.3% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.7% in 2000.
- How does Mauritania rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Mauritania ranks 132nd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.