Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) by country
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.
Countries reporting
189
Highest
100.0%
Andorra
Lowest
0.0%
South Sudan
Median
97.2%
Years covered
24
2000–2023
Data points
5,664
What the numbers show
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban 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 97.2%, and the mean is 77.9%.
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%).
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban: 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 | 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 | Turkey | 99.5% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 73 | Bolivia | 99.4% | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 73 | Mauritius | 99.4% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 73 | Vietnam | 99.4% | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 76 | Jordan | 99.3% | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 76 | 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 | 99.0% | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 83 | Brazil | 98.9% | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 84 | Iran | 98.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 85 | Tajikistan | 98.7% | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Syria | 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 | 98.0% | 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 | 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 | 96.0% | 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 | 87.3% | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 123 | Afghanistan | 87.0% | 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 | 77.0% | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 132 | Mauritania | 75.3% | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 133 | Angola | 75.0% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 134 | Cote 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 | 71.3% | 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 | 61.0% | 2023 | up 8.2% | falling |
| 147 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.0% | 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 | 38.9% | 2023 | up 1,665.9% | volatile |
| 156 | East Timor | 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 (country) | 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 | 25.6% | 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 | Laos | 23.6% | 2023 | up 84.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Tanzania | 23.3% | 2023 | up 288.3% | volatile |
| 168 | North Korea | 22.0% | 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 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 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 | 0.0% | 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 99.9%
- Europe & Central Asia 99.5%
- OECD members 99.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 99.0%
- Caribbean small states 98.9%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 98.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 96.0%
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.