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Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking by country

Access to clean fuels or technologies such as natural gas, electricity, and clean cookstoves reduces exposure to indoor air pollutants, a leading cause of death in low-income households.

Countries reporting
189
Highest
100
Andorra
Lowest
0
South Sudan
Median
97.2
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
4,536

What the numbers show

Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 100 in Andorra; the lowest is 0 in South Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 97.2, and the mean is 77.85.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 1,665.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 66.7%).

Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Andorra 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 United Arab Emirates 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Antigua and Barbuda 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Australia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Austria 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Belgium 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bahrain 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Bahamas 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Barbados 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Brunei Darussalam 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Canada 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Switzerland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Chile 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Czechia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Germany 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Denmark 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Spain 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Estonia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Finland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 France 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Greece 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Guyana 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Croatia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hungary 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Ireland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Iceland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Israel 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Italy 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Japan 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Republic of Korea 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Lithuania 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Luxembourg 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Latvia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Monaco 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Malta 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Netherlands 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Norway 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Naoero 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 New Zealand 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Oman 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Panama 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Palau 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Poland 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Romania 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Russian Federation 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Saudi Arabia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Singapore 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 San Marino 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Slovakia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Slovenia 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Sweden 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Seychelles 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Trinidad and Tobago 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 Uruguay 100 2023 unchanged flat
1 United States of America 100 2023 unchanged flat
62 Argentina 99.9 2023 up 0.1% flat
62 Belarus 99.9 2023 up 0.1% flat
62 Algeria 99.9 2023 down 0.1% flat
62 Egypt 99.9 2023 up 0.2% flat
62 Maldives 99.9 2023 up 0.2% rising
62 Turkmenistan 99.9 2023 down 0.1% flat
62 Tunisia 99.9 2023 unchanged flat
69 Armenia 99.8 2023 up 0.4% rising
70 Azerbaijan 99.7 2023 up 0.4% flat
71 Iraq 99.6 2023 up 0.6% rising
72 Türkiye 99.5 2023 unchanged flat
73 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 99.4 2023 up 1.8% rising
73 Mauritius 99.4 2023 up 0.1% flat
73 Viet Nam 99.4 2023 up 10.1% rising
76 Jordan 99.3 2023 down 0.5% flat
76 Republic of Moldova 99.3 2023 up 0.3% flat
78 Colombia 99.2 2023 up 1.1% rising
79 Saint Lucia 99.1 2023 up 3.0% rising
79 Morocco 99.1 2023 down 0.5% flat
79 Ukraine 99.1 2023 up 0.6% flat
82 Ecuador 99 2023 down 0.1% flat
83 Brazil 98.9 2023 up 0.1% flat
84 Iran, Islamic Republic of 98.8 2023 down 0.2% flat
85 Tajikistan 98.7 2023 up 2.3% rising
86 Syrian Arab Republic 98.6 2023 down 1.1% flat
87 Costa Rica 98.4 2023 up 0.5% flat
88 Bhutan 98.1 2023 up 0.9% rising
89 Suriname 98 2023 up 2.6% rising
90 Georgia 97.9 2023 up 3.3% rising
91 El Salvador 97.8 2023 up 3.2% rising
92 Kazakhstan 97.7 2023 down 0.2% flat
93 Peru 97.5 2023 up 10.5% rising
94 Cuba 97.3 2023 up 2.5% rising
95 Tuvalu 97.2 2023 up 19.2% volatile
96 Dominican Republic 96.9 2023 up 1.7% flat
97 Uzbekistan 96.8 2023 down 1.7% flat
98 Jamaica 96.5 2023 down 0.4% flat
98 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 96.5 2023 down 2.2% flat
98 South Africa 96.5 2023 up 5.2% rising
101 Gabon 96.1 2023 up 4.3% rising
102 Indonesia 96 2023 up 24.8% rising
103 Dominica 95.6 2023 down 1.9% flat
103 Tonga 95.6 2023 up 4.9% rising
105 Albania 95.2 2023 up 6.1% rising
105 China 95.2 2023 up 11.6% rising
105 India 95.2 2023 up 21.6% rising
108 Cape Verde 95.1 2023 up 3.1% rising
109 Belize 94.8 2023 down 1.1% flat
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 94.5 2023 down 2.4% flat
111 Malaysia 93.6 2023 down 4.6% falling
112 Kyrgyzstan 93.4 2023 down 0.1% rising
113 Grenada 93.3 2023 down 1.8% flat
114 North Macedonia 93.1 2023 up 5.2% rising
115 Serbia 92.6 2023 up 5.5% rising
116 Eswatini 92.3 2023 up 9.8% rising
117 Thailand 91.9 2023 up 4.2% rising
118 Mexico 90.6 2023 down 3.6% falling
119 Nicaragua 89.2 2023 up 17.7% rising
120 Pakistan 88.2 2023 up 4.5% rising
121 Myanmar 88.1 2023 up 114.9% volatile
122 Paraguay 87.35 2023 up 7.6% rising
123 Afghanistan 87 2023 up 14.5% rising
124 Lesotho 86.9 2023 up 12.4% rising
125 Yemen 86.5 2023 down 7.4% falling
126 Botswana 86.4 2023 up 3.3% rising
127 Marshall Islands 85.9 2023 up 2.4% rising
128 Sudan 81.6 2023 up 29.1% rising
129 Cambodia 80.7 2023 up 50.0% rising
130 Philippines 79.8 2023 up 25.9% rising
131 Zimbabwe 77 2023 down 3.9% falling
132 Mauritania 75.3 2023 up 8.0% rising
133 Angola 75 2023 down 3.4% falling
134 Côte d'Ivoire 73.7 2023 up 74.2% rising
135 Honduras 72.9 2023 up 1.5% rising
135 Mongolia 72.9 2023 up 29.3% rising
137 Sri Lanka 72.5 2023 up 18.5% rising
138 Fiji 71.9 2023 up 31.0% rising
139 Namibia 71.35 2023 down 5.1% falling
140 Guatemala 69.8 2023 up 9.9% flat
141 Montenegro 69.6 2023 down 5.3% falling
142 Samoa 65.3 2023 up 9.2% rising
143 Bangladesh 63.2 2023 up 33.9% rising
144 Kenya 62.6 2023 up 142.6% volatile
145 Nepal 62.4 2023 down 5.0% rising
146 Senegal 61 2023 up 8.2% falling
147 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57 2023 down 12.6% falling
148 Congo 55.1 2023 up 69.0% rising
149 Vanuatu 52.3 2023 up 32.7% falling
150 Cameroon 50.2 2023 up 27.4% rising
151 Nigeria 48.7 2023 up 605.8% volatile
152 Ghana 48.2 2023 up 47.0% rising
153 Burkina Faso 46.5 2023 up 81.6% rising
154 Chad 40.1 2023 up 182.4% volatile
155 Rwanda 38.85 2023 up 1,665.9% volatile
156 Timor-Leste 38.1 2023 up 119.0% volatile
157 Papua New Guinea 33.4 2023 down 15.0% falling
158 Solomon Islands 33.1 2023 down 9.6% falling
159 Micronesia, Federated States of 31.6 2023 down 7.6% rising
160 Equatorial Guinea 27.3 2023 down 19.5% flat
161 Togo 26.4 2023 up 125.6% volatile
162 Kiribati 25.65 2023 up 209.0% volatile
163 Niger 24.7 2023 up 187.2% volatile
164 Eritrea 24.4 2023 up 5.6% rising
165 Ethiopia 23.6 2023 up 55.3% volatile
165 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23.6 2023 up 84.4% volatile
167 Tanzania, United Republic of 23.3 2023 up 288.3% volatile
168 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 22 2023 up 91.3% volatile
169 Comoros 19.3 2023 up 93.0% volatile
170 Mozambique 17.7 2023 up 67.8% rising
171 Zambia 16.8 2023 down 50.4% falling
172 Djibouti 12.3 2023 up 32.3% rising
173 Benin 9.8 2023 up 2.1% rising
174 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9.7 2023 down 1.0% rising
175 Somalia 8.8 2023 up 214.3% volatile
176 Haiti 6.2 2023 down 7.5% flat
177 Sao Tome and Principe 5.5 2023 up 139.1% volatile
178 Malawi 5.1 2023 down 52.8% falling
179 Madagascar 4.3 2023 up 95.5% rising
180 Uganda 3.7 2023 up 42.3% flat
181 Mali 2.7 2023 up 28.6% rising
182 Guinea 2.6 2023 up 73.3% rising
183 Gambia 2.3 2023 down 32.4% falling
184 Central African Republic 1.9 2023 up 72.7% rising
185 Sierra Leone 1.6 2023 up 100.0% volatile
186 Guinea-Bissau 1.5 2023 down 42.3% falling
187 Liberia 1.4 2023 up 133.3% volatile
188 Burundi 0.1 2023 down 66.7% volatile
189 South Sudan 0 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Share of rural and urban population with access to clean fuels for cooking
Source
International Energy Agency (IEA), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), UN Statistics Division, World Health Organization (WHO), and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
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Coverage
189 places, 4,536 data points, 2000–2023
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Access to clean fuels or technologies such as natural gas, electricity, and clean cookstoves reduces exposure to indoor air pollutants, a leading cause of death in low-income households.