Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World
World: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 89.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World, 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
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World stood at 89.0%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World peaked at 89.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 75.7%, in 2000.
That places World 29th out of 47 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 75.7% | — |
| 2001 | 76.1% | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 76.6% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 77.1% | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 77.6% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 78.2% | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 78.7% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 79.3% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 80.0% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 80.6% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 81.4% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 82.8% | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 83.6% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 84.3% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 85.6% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 86.3% | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 88.0% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 88.4% | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 88.8% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 78.0% | 75.7% | 80.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.5% | 81.4% | 87.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.6% | 88.0% | 89.0% | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.208 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.88 °C (2025)
- Industrial roundwood — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Industrial roundwood — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in World was 89.0% 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 89.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.7% in 2000.
- How does World rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- World ranks 29th out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.