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Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)

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.

World Bank code: EG.CFT.ACCS.UR.ZS • Data available for 189 countries • Latest year: 2023

In , Slovenia led Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) at 100.00.

The world median across 189 reporting countries was 97.20.

What this measures: 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.

How "Energy" indicators are measured

Energy indicators come from the IEA, national energy ministries, and utility-level reporting. Conventions vary between primary energy supply, final consumption, and electricity generation, so always check the unit and what stage of the energy chain is being measured. Renewable-energy shares can swing depending on whether traditional biomass (firewood, charcoal) is counted as renewable.

Distribution — 2023

Reporting
189 countries
Median
97.20
Mean
77.85
25th percentile
65.30
75th percentile
100.00
Range
0.00 – 100.00

World at a Glance — 2023

Every reporting country, grouped by region, shaded by value (quintile).

East Asia & PacificAustralia: 100.00AUBrunei Darussalam: 100.00BNCambodia: 80.70KHChina: 95.20CNFiji: 71.90FJIndonesia: 96.00IDJapan: 100.00JPKiribati: 25.65KIKorea, Dem. People's Rep.: 22.00KPKorea, Rep.: 100.00KRLao PDR: 23.60LAMalaysia: 93.60MYMarshall Islands: 85.90MHMicronesia, Fed. Sts.: 31.60FMMongolia: 72.90MNMyanmar: 88.10MMNauru: 100.00NRNew Zealand: 100.00NZPalau: 100.00PWPapua New Guinea: 33.40PGPhilippines: 79.80PHSamoa: 65.30WSSingapore: 100.00SGSolomon Islands: 33.10SBThailand: 91.90THTimor-Leste: 38.10TLTonga: 95.60TOTuvalu: 97.20TVVanuatu: 52.30VUViet Nam: 99.40VNEurope & Central AsiaAlbania: 95.20ALAndorra: 100.00ADArmenia: 99.80AMAustria: 100.00ATAzerbaijan: 99.70AZBelarus: 99.90BYBelgium: 100.00BEBosnia and Herzegovina: 57.00BACroatia: 100.00HRCyprus: 100.00CYCzechia: 100.00CZDenmark: 100.00DKEstonia: 100.00EEFinland: 100.00FIFrance: 100.00FRGeorgia: 97.90GEGermany: 100.00DEGreece: 100.00GRHungary: 100.00HUIceland: 100.00ISIreland: 100.00IEItaly: 100.00ITKazakhstan: 97.70KZKyrgyz Republic: 93.40KGLatvia: 100.00LVLithuania: 100.00LTLuxembourg: 100.00LUMoldova: 99.30MDMonaco: 100.00MCMontenegro: 69.60MENetherlands: 100.00NLNorth Macedonia: 93.10MKNorway: 100.00NOPoland: 100.00PLPortugal: 100.00PTRomania: 100.00RORussian Federation: 100.00RUSan Marino: 100.00SMSerbia: 92.60RSSlovak Republic: 100.00SKSlovenia: 100.00SISpain: 100.00ESSweden: 100.00SESwitzerland: 100.00CHTajikistan: 98.70TJTurkiye: 99.50TRTurkmenistan: 99.90TMUkraine: 99.10UAUnited Kingdom: 100.00GBUzbekistan: 96.80UZLatin America & CaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda: 100.00AGArgentina: 99.90ARBahamas, The: 100.00BSBarbados: 100.00BBBelize: 94.80BZBolivia: 99.40BOBrazil: 98.90BRChile: 100.00CLColombia: 99.20COCosta Rica: 98.40CRCuba: 97.30CUDominica: 95.60DMDominican Republic: 96.90DOEcuador: 99.00ECEl Salvador: 97.80SVGrenada: 93.30GDGuatemala: 69.80GTGuyana: 100.00GYHaiti: 6.20HTHonduras: 72.90HNJamaica: 96.50JMMexico: 90.60MXNicaragua: 89.20NIPanama: 100.00PAParaguay: 87.35PYPeru: 97.50PESt. Kitts and Nevis: 100.00KNSt. Lucia: 99.10LCSt. Vincent and the Grenadines: 94.50VCSuriname: 98.00SRTrinidad and Tobago: 100.00TTUruguay: 100.00UYVenezuela, RB: 96.50VEMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAfghanistan: 87.00AFAlgeria: 99.90DZBahrain: 100.00BHDjibouti: 12.30DJEgypt, Arab Rep.: 99.90EGIran, Islamic Rep.: 98.80IRIraq: 99.60IQIsrael: 100.00ILJordan: 99.30JOKuwait: 100.00KWMalta: 100.00MTMorocco: 99.10MAOman: 100.00OMPakistan: 88.20PKQatar: 100.00QASaudi Arabia: 100.00SASyrian Arab Republic: 98.60SYTunisia: 99.90TNUnited Arab Emirates: 100.00AEYemen, Rep.: 86.50YENorth AmericaCanada: 100.00CAUnited States: 100.00USSouth AsiaBangladesh: 63.20BDBhutan: 98.10BTIndia: 95.20INMaldives: 99.90MVNepal: 62.40NPSri Lanka: 72.50LKSub-Saharan AfricaAngola: 75.00AOBenin: 9.80BJBotswana: 86.40BWBurkina Faso: 46.50BFBurundi: 0.10BICabo Verde: 95.10CVCameroon: 50.20CMCentral African Republic: 1.90CFChad: 40.10TDComoros: 19.30KMCongo, Dem. Rep.: 9.70CDCongo, Rep.: 55.10CGCote d'Ivoire: 73.70CIEquatorial Guinea: 27.30GQEritrea: 24.40EREswatini: 92.30SZEthiopia: 23.60ETGabon: 96.10GAGambia, The: 2.30GMGhana: 48.20GHGuinea: 2.60GNGuinea-Bissau: 1.50GWKenya: 62.60KELesotho: 86.90LSLiberia: 1.40LRMadagascar: 4.30MGMalawi: 5.10MWMali: 2.70MLMauritania: 75.30MRMauritius: 99.40MUMozambique: 17.70MZNamibia: 71.35NANiger: 24.70NENigeria: 48.70NGRwanda: 38.85RWSao Tome and Principe: 5.50STSenegal: 61.00SNSeychelles: 100.00SCSierra Leone: 1.60SLSomalia, Fed. Rep.: 8.80SOSouth Africa: 96.50ZASouth Sudan: 0.00SSSudan: 81.60SDTanzania: 23.30TZTogo: 26.40TGUganda: 3.70UGZambia: 16.80ZMZimbabwe: 77.00ZW

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Highest Values — 2023

# Country Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
1 Slovenia Europe & Central Asia 100.00
2 Guyana Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
3 Germany Europe & Central Asia 100.00
4 Spain Europe & Central Asia 100.00
5 Greece Europe & Central Asia 100.00
6 St. Kitts and Nevis Latin America & Caribbean 100.00
7 Norway Europe & Central Asia 100.00
8 Netherlands Europe & Central Asia 100.00
9 Australia East Asia & Pacific 100.00
10 Austria Europe & Central Asia 100.00

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Biggest Movers — Year over Year

Largest increases

Largest decreases

By Income Group — Average

Income group Countries Mean
High income 62 99.97
Upper middle income 52 91.75
Lower middle income 48 62.23
Low income 25 25.50
Not classified 2 60.05

By Region — Average

Region Countries Mean
East Asia & Pacific 30 75.78
Europe & Central Asia 50 97.78
Latin America & Caribbean 33 92.99
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 20 93.45
North America 2 100.00
South Asia 6 81.88
Sub-Saharan Africa 48 40.05

Lowest Values — 2023

# Country Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)
1 South Sudan 0.00
2 Burundi 0.10
3 Liberia 1.40
4 Guinea-Bissau 1.50
5 Sierra Leone 1.60
6 Central African Republic 1.90
7 Gambia, The 2.30
8 Guinea 2.60
9 Mali 2.70
10 Uganda 3.70
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Source: World Bank Open Data (EG.CFT.ACCS.UR.ZS), CC BY 4.0. Rankings show countries with available data for 2023.