Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana
Botswana: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban was 86.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana, 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 urban population.
Analysis
In 2023, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana stood at 86.4%. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana peaked at 86.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 70.4%, in 2000.
Botswana ranks 126th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.3% | 70.4% | 81.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.1% | 81.9% | 85.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.1% | 85.9% | 86.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
More environment data for Botswana
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Waste 0.0303 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Transport (Energy) 2.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon intensity of GDP 0.3938 kg CO2e per constant 2015 US$ of GDP (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 3.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.74 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 6.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Aquaculture production 156 metric tons (2024)
- Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Agriculture 0.561 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Capture fisheries production 40 metric tons (2024)
- Total fisheries production 196 metric tons (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana?
- Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban in Botswana was 86.4% 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, urban recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 86.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 70.4% in 2000.
- How does Botswana rank for access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban?
- Botswana ranks 126th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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, urban (% of urban population). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.