Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mozambique
Mozambique: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 17.7% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique is 17.7%, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.7% on the previous year and up 67.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mozambique peaked at 17.7% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.3%, in 2000.
That places Mozambique 170th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.3% | — |
| 2001 | 4.7% | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 5.1% | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 5.5% | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 6.0% | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 6.4% | +6.7% |
| 2006 | 6.7% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 7.2% | +7.5% |
| 2008 | 7.9% | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 8.3% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 8.9% | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 9.5% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 10.6% | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 11.1% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 11.6% | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 12.4% | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 13.1% | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 13.7% | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 14.5% | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 15.3% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 16.1% | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 16.9% | +5.0% |
| 2023 | 17.7% | +4.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 4.3% | 8.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.5% | 8.9% | 14.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.5% | 15.3% | 17.7% | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.256 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Roundwood — Import value, annual growth rate 70.92 % 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 -34.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roundwood — Export quantity, per capita 0.0056 m3 per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mozambique?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Mozambique was 17.7% 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 17.7% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.3% in 2000.
- How does Mozambique rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Mozambique ranks 170th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 67.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.