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Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (in millions) by country

Countries reporting
154
Highest
306.57
India
Lowest
0
Tokelau
Median
0.5915
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,678

What the numbers show

Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (in millions) is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 306.57 in India; the lowest is 0 in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.5915, and the mean is 9.1.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Yemen (up 62.3%), and the largest decrease in South Korea (down 100.0%).

Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 306.57 2023 down 54.8% falling
2 Pakistan 101.52 2023 down 12.1% rising
3 China 99.8 2023 down 68.0% falling
4 Ethiopia 96.12 2023 up 22.0% rising
5 Bangladesh 90.64 2023 down 10.3% flat
6 Nigeria 85.95 2023 down 0.2% rising
7 Democratic Republic of Congo 49.54 2023 up 24.4% rising
8 Tanzania 34.07 2023 up 9.5% rising
9 Kenya 31.24 2023 up 7.7% rising
10 Uganda 30.25 2023 up 23.2% rising
11 Philippines 29.77 2023 down 14.2% rising
12 Afghanistan 23.41 2023 up 8.9% rising
13 Niger 21.35 2023 up 39.3% rising
14 Myanmar 20.38 2023 down 35.1% rising
15 Mozambique 18.29 2023 up 14.9% rising
16 Yemen 17.25 2023 up 62.3% rising
17 Indonesia 17.24 2023 down 73.7% falling
18 Nepal 17.16 2023 down 13.1% flat
19 Madagascar 15.21 2023 up 9.5% rising
20 Malawi 14.61 2023 up 13.7% rising
21 Burkina Faso 14.57 2023 up 16.2% rising
22 Chad 14.22 2023 up 39.4% rising
23 Sri Lanka 13.46 2023 down 6.4% rising
24 Cote d'Ivoire 12.76 2023 up 13.7% rising
25 Mali 11.7 2023 up 16.0% rising
26 Cameroon 10.65 2023 up 12.6% rising
27 Burundi 10.6 2023 up 19.3% rising
28 Rwanda 10.29 2023 up 16.2% rising
29 Zimbabwe 10.01 2023 up 12.9% rising
30 Mexico 9.32 2023 down 22.2% falling
31 Ghana 9.24 2023 down 5.5% flat
32 Angola 9.15 2023 up 20.6% rising
33 Zambia 8.89 2023 up 17.3% rising
34 South Sudan 8.53 2023 up 1.5% rising
35 Papua New Guinea 8.26 2023 up 20.9% rising
36 Guinea 7.87 2023 up 16.0% rising
37 Guatemala 6.95 2023 up 1.9% rising
38 Senegal 6.9 2023 up 9.2% rising
39 Cambodia 5.76 2023 down 44.7% rising
40 Benin 5.7 2023 up 8.2% rising
41 South Africa 5.4 2023 down 15.5% falling
42 Sierra Leone 4.41 2023 up 13.4% rising
43 Togo 4.35 2023 up 15.5% rising
44 Somalia 4.02 2023 down 23.2% rising
45 Haiti 3.67 2023 down 6.8% flat
46 Sudan 3.5 2023 down 76.5% falling
47 Laos 3.29 2023 down 10.7% falling
48 Honduras 3.15 2023 down 5.9% rising
49 Colombia 3.13 2023 down 34.2% falling
50 North Korea 3.07 2023 down 51.5% falling
51 Uzbekistan 3.07 2023 down 11.6% falling
52 Thailand 2.86 2023 down 50.2% falling
53 Central African Republic 2.85 2023 up 3.3% rising
54 Turkey 2.58 2023 down 19.2% falling
55 Nicaragua 2.44 2023 up 5.3% rising
56 Brazil 2.29 2023 down 62.1% volatile
57 Peru 2.19 2023 down 59.9% falling
58 Liberia 2.17 2023 up 7.1% rising
59 Eritrea 1.61 2023 down 7.2% rising
60 Congo 1.55 2023 up 6.0% rising
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.35 2023 down 13.9% flat
62 Paraguay 1.29 2023 down 11.2% falling
63 Kyrgyzstan 1.21 2023 down 2.2% rising
64 Ukraine 1.17 2023 down 24.3% falling
65 Mauritania 1.16 2023 down 3.5% rising
66 Tajikistan 1.15 2023 down 41.4% falling
67 Namibia 1.15 2023 up 5.6% rising
68 Guinea-Bissau 1.11 2023 up 16.4% rising
69 Romania 1.06 2023 down 54.2% volatile
70 Bolivia 1.01 2023 down 45.7% falling
71 Lesotho 1.01 2023 down 13.3% flat
72 Gambia 0.924 2023 up 7.2% rising
73 East Timor 0.8546 2023 up 7.4% rising
74 Serbia 0.8162 2023 down 49.0% falling
75 Ecuador 0.766 2023 down 10.6% falling
76 Mongolia 0.7468 2023 down 2.4% falling
77 Eswatini 0.6256 2023 up 1.0% falling
78 Solomon Islands 0.5574 2023 up 23.4% rising
79 Botswana 0.4889 2023 down 6.2% falling
80 Venezuela 0.4581 2023 down 29.9% rising
81 Chile 0.4501 2023 down 43.0% falling
82 Comoros 0.4468 2023 up 1.6% rising
83 Kazakhstan 0.3911 2023 down 12.1% rising
84 Equatorial Guinea 0.33 2023 up 6.8% rising
85 Vietnam 0.3037 2023 down 98.7% volatile
86 Dominican Republic 0.282 2023 down 50.2% volatile
87 Latvia 0.2757 2023 up 7.3% rising
88 Albania 0.2617 2023 down 56.8% volatile
89 North Macedonia 0.2524 2023 down 41.3% falling
90 Panama 0.2515 2023 down 32.1% falling
91 Malaysia 0.2318 2023 down 23.3% rising
92 Vanuatu 0.2139 2023 up 18.4% rising
93 Georgia 0.1884 2023 down 77.4% volatile
94 El Salvador 0.1848 2023 down 77.3% volatile
95 Croatia 0.1727 2023 down 40.3% falling
96 Fiji 0.1511 2023 down 45.2% falling
97 Slovakia 0.1395 2023 down 4.7% rising
98 Spain 0.1237 2023 down 47.3% rising
99 Samoa 0.113 2023 down 3.6% rising
100 Montenegro 0.109 2023 down 12.5% rising
101 Russia 0.1076 2023 down 5.1% volatile
102 Iran 0.103 2023 down 61.5% falling
103 Estonia 0.0914 2023 down 32.0% falling
104 Costa Rica 0.0834 2023 down 58.9% falling
105 Syria 0.0804 2023 down 2.3% rising
106 Morocco 0.0789 2023 down 86.2% volatile
107 Micronesia (country) 0.0721 2023 up 19.7% rising
108 Azerbaijan 0.07 2023 down 78.6% volatile
109 Cape Verde 0.0689 2023 down 41.4% falling
110 Gabon 0.0558 2023 down 62.2% falling
111 Belize 0.0549 2023 up 12.9% rising
112 Jamaica 0.0424 2023 down 74.2% volatile
113 Kiribati 0.042 2023 down 18.1% falling
114 Bhutan 0.0398 2023 down 76.3% volatile
115 Algeria 0.0343 2023 down 73.4% volatile
116 Czechia 0.033 2023 down 41.2% rising
117 Greece 0.0317 2023 down 46.9% falling
118 Austria 0.0259 2023 down 79.0% falling
119 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0257 2023 down 39.7% falling
120 Iraq 0.0256 2023 down 91.2% volatile
121 Armenia 0.0224 2023 down 65.3% volatile
122 Slovenia 0.0158 2023 down 34.1% falling
123 Uruguay 0.0142 2023 down 60.5% falling
124 Cuba 0.0124 2023 down 84.2% volatile
125 Moldova 0.0122 2023 down 91.0% volatile
126 Saudi Arabia 0.01 2023 down 31.0% falling
127 Tonga 0.0086 2023 down 72.9% falling
128 Marshall Islands 0.0076 2023 down 36.3% falling
129 Belarus 0.0053 2023 down 88.3% volatile
130 Grenada 0.0052 2023 up 41.0% rising
131 Argentina 0.0034 2023 down 96.2% volatile
132 Saint Lucia 0.0032 2023 up 61.1% rising
133 Mauritius 0.003 2023 down 75.2% volatile
134 Puerto Rico 0.0029 2023 up 15.3% volatile
135 Jordan 0.0027 2023 up 57.6% falling
136 Djibouti 0.0027 2023 down 87.1% volatile
137 Cook Islands 0.0025 2023 down 21.3% falling
138 Guyana 0.0024 2023 down 92.2% volatile
139 Tuvalu 0.0015 2023 down 43.0% falling
140 United Arab Emirates 0.0013 2023 up 11.2% volatile
141 Dominica 0.0011 2023 down 70.6% falling
142 Maldives 0.0003 2023 down 96.2% volatile
143 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0001 2023 up 28.9% volatile
144 Qatar 0.0001 2023 down 61.0% falling
145 Palau 0 2023 up 1.8% volatile
146 Niue 0 2023 down 96.2% volatile
147 Egypt 0 2023 — volatile
147 South Korea 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
147 Oman 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
147 Seychelles 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
147 Turkmenistan 0 2023 — volatile
147 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2023 — volatile
147 Tunisia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
147 Tokelau 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (in millions)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
167 places, 5,678 data points, 1990–2023
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