Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Yemen
Yemen: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 86.5% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 86.5%, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Yemen peaked at 94.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 86.5%, in 2023.
That places Yemen 125th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Yemen, year by year
| Year | % of urban population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 92.1% | — |
| 2001 | 92.5% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 92.8% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 93.1% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 93.3% | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 93.5% | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 93.7% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 93.9% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 93.9% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 94.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 93.9% | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 93.8% | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 93.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 93.4% | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 93.2% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 93.1% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 92.5% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 92.0% | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 91.4% | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 90.6% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 88.8% | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 87.8% | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 86.5% | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 93.3% | 92.1% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.8% | 90.6% | 93.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.2% | 86.5% | 89.9% | 4 |
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More environment data for Yemen
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -36.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -31.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 43.43 % change on previous year (1998)
- Standard Deviation 0.393 °C (1998)
- Temperature change 1.37 °C (1998)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0 million USD per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 0.0001 million USD per person (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value -12.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Import value, per 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Yemen?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Yemen was 86.5% 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 94.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 86.5% in 2023.
- How does Yemen rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Yemen ranks 125th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.