Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Cameroon

Cameroon: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 5.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
5.4%
Change on year
up 8.0%
World rank
153rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
5.4%
in 2023
All-time low
1.0%
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Cameroon, 2000–2023

123452000201120232000: 1 % of rural population2001: 1.1 % of rural population2002: 1.2 % of rural population2003: 1.3 % of rural population2004: 1.4 % of rural population2005: 1.5 % of rural population2006: 1.7 % of rural population2007: 1.8 % of rural population2008: 2 % of rural population2009: 2.1 % of rural population2010: 2.2 % of rural population2011: 2.4 % of rural population2012: 2.6 % of rural population2013: 2.8 % of rural population2014: 2.9 % of rural population2015: 3.1 % of rural population2016: 3.3 % of rural population2017: 3.6 % of rural population2018: 3.9 % of rural population2019: 4.1 % of rural population2020: 4.3 % of rural population2021: 4.7 % of rural population2022: 5 % of rural population2023: 5.4 % of rural population

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 rural population.

Analysis

Cameroon recorded 5.4% for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 92.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Cameroon peaked at 5.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2000.

Cameroon ranks 153rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1.5% 1.0% 2.1% 10
2010s 3.1% 2.2% 4.1% 10
2020s 4.8% 4.3% 5.4% 4

Countries ranked near Cameroon

  1. 150 East Timor 7.4% compare
  2. 151 Comoros 5.9% compare
  3. 152 Papua New Guinea 5.8% compare
  4. 154 Congo 4.9% compare
  5. 155 Burkina Faso 3.5% compare
  6. 156 Laos 2.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Cameroon?
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Cameroon was 5.4% 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, rural recorded in Cameroon?
The highest recorded value was 5.4% in 2023.
What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Cameroon?
The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
How does Cameroon rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
Cameroon ranks 153rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Cameroon?
Over the last ten years it is up 92.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cameroon 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, rural (% of rural population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)
Unit
% of rural population
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)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
236 places, 5,664 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.