Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 33.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Papua New Guinea, 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
Papua New Guinea recorded 33.4% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Papua New Guinea peaked at 40.6% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 33.4%, in 2023.
Papua New Guinea ranks 157th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 40.0% | — |
| 2001 | 40.3% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 40.4% | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 40.5% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 40.4% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 40.6% | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 40.6% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40.6% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 40.4% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 40.3% | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 40.0% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 39.6% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 39.5% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 39.3% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 38.7% | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 38.1% | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 37.5% | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 37.1% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 36.8% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 35.9% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 35.5% | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 34.9% | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 34.0% | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 33.4% | -1.8% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 33.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 63.2%, 53% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 33.4% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 90.0%, 37% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.4% | 40.0% | 40.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.3% | 35.9% | 40.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.5% | 33.4% | 35.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 154 Chad 40.1% compare
- 155 Rwanda 38.9% compare
- 156 Timor-Leste 38.1% compare
- 158 Solomon Islands 33.1% compare
- 159 Micronesia, Federated States of 31.6% compare
- 160 Equatorial Guinea 27.3% compare
More environment data for Papua New Guinea
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 1.56 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 2.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.183 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.834 °C (2025)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, gaps filled 17,994 t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Agricultural Use, annual growth rate 36.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Country area — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Country area — Area, per capita 0.0044 1000 ha per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Papua New Guinea?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Papua New Guinea was 33.4% 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 40.6% in 2005.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.4% in 2023.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 157th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.