Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) by country
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
83.8%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,664
What the numbers show
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) is currently reported for 189 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Andorra; the lowest is 0.0% in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 83.8%, and the mean is 61.6%.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 658.5%), and the largest decrease in Guinea-Bissau (down 100.0%).
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Australia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Austria | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Belgium | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Bahamas | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Barbados | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Canada | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Switzerland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Chile | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Cyprus | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Czechia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Germany | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Denmark | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Spain | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Estonia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Finland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | France | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Greece | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Guyana | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Croatia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Hungary | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Ireland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iceland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Israel | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Italy | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Japan | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Korea | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Kuwait | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Lithuania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Latvia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Monaco | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Malta | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Netherlands | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Norway | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Nauru | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | New Zealand | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Oman | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Panama | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Palau | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Poland | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Portugal | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Qatar | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Romania | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Singapore | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | San Marino | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovakia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Slovenia | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Sweden | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Seychelles | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Uruguay | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | United States | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Egypt | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 62 | Turkmenistan | 99.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 64 | Maldives | 99.8% | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 64 | Tunisia | 99.8% | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 66 | Belarus | 99.4% | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 66 | Iraq | 99.4% | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 68 | Algeria | 99.1% | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 68 | Jordan | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 68 | Mauritius | 99.1% | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 71 | Vietnam | 98.7% | 2023 | up 70.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Moldova | 98.3% | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 98.2% | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 97.8% | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 74 | Morocco | 97.8% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 76 | Armenia | 97.3% | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 94.0% | 2023 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 78 | Iran | 93.3% | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 79 | Suriname | 92.9% | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 91.3% | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 81 | Cuba | 90.9% | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 90.9% | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 90.3% | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 84 | Jamaica | 89.7% | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 85 | Syria | 89.0% | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 86 | Tonga | 88.7% | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 87.7% | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 88 | Ukraine | 87.6% | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 89 | Bhutan | 87.5% | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 90 | Georgia | 87.1% | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Ecuador | 86.5% | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 92 | Grenada | 84.3% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 93 | Turkey | 84.2% | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | Indonesia | 84.1% | 2023 | up 116.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 83.8% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 95 | Venezuela | 83.8% | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 97 | Brazil | 83.4% | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 98 | Thailand | 81.1% | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 79.6% | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 100 | Dominica | 79.2% | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 101 | Malaysia | 77.9% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 102 | China | 77.4% | 2023 | up 80.4% | rising |
| 103 | Belize | 74.1% | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 104 | Albania | 72.5% | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 105 | Bolivia | 71.2% | 2023 | up 54.8% | rising |
| 106 | Kyrgyzstan | 70.9% | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 106 | Serbia | 70.9% | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 106 | Uzbekistan | 70.9% | 2023 | down 3.9% | flat |
| 109 | South Africa | 70.4% | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 110 | Peru | 69.1% | 2023 | up 254.4% | volatile |
| 111 | India | 65.7% | 2023 | up 207.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Sudan | 63.8% | 2023 | up 99.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Colombia | 63.6% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 61.8% | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 115 | Mexico | 60.3% | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 58.0% | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 117 | Gabon | 51.1% | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 118 | Cambodia | 49.3% | 2023 | up 658.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Paraguay | 44.4% | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 120 | Montenegro | 44.0% | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 121 | Tuvalu | 43.7% | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 122 | Philippines | 39.9% | 2023 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 123 | Myanmar | 38.4% | 2023 | up 624.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Lesotho | 34.5% | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 33.2% | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 126 | Pakistan | 33.1% | 2023 | up 133.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 31.0% | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 128 | Fiji | 29.9% | 2023 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 129 | Botswana | 26.4% | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 26.2% | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 131 | Nepal | 25.7% | 2023 | up 105.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Honduras | 25.0% | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 133 | Yemen | 24.9% | 2023 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 20.4% | 2023 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritania | 20.3% | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 136 | Mongolia | 19.0% | 2023 | up 106.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Guatemala | 17.3% | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 138 | Ghana | 14.1% | 2023 | up 166.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 13.5% | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 140 | Kenya | 11.4% | 2023 | up 356.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.9% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 10.8% | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Nicaragua | 10.4% | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 144 | Nigeria | 9.7% | 2023 | up 646.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 9.0% | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 146 | Senegal | 8.8% | 2023 | up 41.9% | flat |
| 147 | Angola | 8.4% | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 148 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.6% | 2023 | up 204.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 7.5% | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 150 | East Timor | 7.4% | 2023 | up 236.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Comoros | 5.9% | 2023 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Papua New Guinea | 5.8% | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Cameroon | 5.4% | 2023 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 154 | Congo | 4.9% | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 3.5% | 2023 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Laos | 2.9% | 2023 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.7% | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 158 | Tanzania | 2.5% | 2023 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Zambia | 2.3% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Kiribati | 2.2% | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Benin | 2.1% | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Haiti | 1.4% | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 163 | Mozambique | 1.3% | 2023 | up 160.0% | rising |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.1% | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Togo | 1.1% | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Eritrea | 1.0% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 166 | Rwanda | 1.0% | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2023 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.8% | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 169 | North Korea | 0.8% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 169 | Uganda | 0.8% | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 172 | Madagascar | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 172 | Marshall Islands | 0.5% | 2023 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 172 | Mali | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 172 | Malawi | 0.5% | 2023 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 172 | Niger | 0.5% | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 172 | Somalia | 0.5% | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 178 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 0.2% | 2023 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 180 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.1% | 2023 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Guinea | 0.1% | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 180 | Gambia | 0.1% | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Chad | 0.1% | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Central African Republic | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Liberia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 185 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central Europe and the Baltics 100.0%
- Euro area 100.0%
- European Union 100.0%
- North America 100.0%
- High income 100.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 98.6%
- Caribbean small states 95.3%
- Europe & Central Asia 94.0%
- OECD members 93.8%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 89.7%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 81.6%
- Late-demographic dividend 79.9%
About this data
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.