Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 93.1% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in North Macedonia, 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
North Macedonia recorded 93.1% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in North Macedonia peaked at 93.1% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 66.4%, in 2000.
North Macedonia ranks 114th 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 North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 66.4% | — |
| 2001 | 69.0% | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 71.2% | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 73.3% | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 75.6% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 77.5% | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 79.3% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 81.1% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 82.5% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 84.2% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 85.5% | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 86.5% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 87.7% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 88.5% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 89.2% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 89.9% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 90.7% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 91.1% | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 91.4% | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 91.9% | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 92.6% | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 92.6% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 93.0% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 93.1% | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.0% | 66.4% | 84.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 89.2% | 85.5% | 91.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 92.8% | 92.6% | 93.1% | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.483 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.22 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 -2.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0004 million USD per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in North Macedonia?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in North Macedonia was 93.1% 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 North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 93.1% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 66.4% in 2000.
- How does North Macedonia rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- North Macedonia ranks 114th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.