Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo
Congo: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural was 4.9% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo, 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 rural population.
Analysis
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo stood at 4.9%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 75.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo peaked at 4.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2000.
Congo ranks 154th 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.2% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.6% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 151 Comoros 5.9% compare
- 152 Papua New Guinea 5.8% compare
- 153 Cameroon 5.4% compare
- 155 Burkina Faso 3.5% compare
- 156 Laos 2.9% compare
- 157 Equatorial Guinea 2.7% compare
More environment data for Congo
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.0592 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 1.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.7988 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 2.75 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.34 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 8.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Aquaculture production 1,760 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0.3281 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 53,691 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 55,452 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural in Congo was 4.9% 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural?
- Congo ranks 154th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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
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.