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

Countries reporting
130
Highest
313.89
India
Lowest
0
Niue
Median
1.39
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,834

What the numbers show

Population with primary reliance on polluting fuels and technologies for cooking (in millions) is currently reported for 130 countries. The highest value is 313.89 in India; the lowest is 0 in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.39, and the mean is 11.77.

Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 175.6%), and the largest decrease in Viet Nam (down 96.9%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 313.89 2023 down 54.7% falling
2 China (People’s Republic of) 113.91 2023 down 69.2% falling
3 Pakistan 102.59 2023 down 12.0% rising
4 Ethiopia 98.59 2023 up 23.5% rising
5 Nigeria 94.08 2023 down 2.3% rising
6 Bangladesh 91.05 2023 down 10.3% flat
7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 55.15 2023 up 24.9% rising
8 Tanzania, United Republic of 40.65 2023 up 20.0% rising
9 Philippines 35.71 2023 down 15.9% rising
10 Uganda 35.35 2023 up 27.1% rising
11 Kenya 34.56 2023 up 4.8% rising
12 Afghanistan 24.11 2023 up 10.5% rising
13 Myanmar 22.64 2023 down 32.6% falling
14 Niger 21.59 2023 up 39.5% rising
15 Mozambique 20.33 2023 up 22.4% rising
16 Indonesia 18.52 2023 down 75.4% falling
17 Madagascar 18.45 2023 up 16.4% rising
18 Yemen 17.8 2023 up 57.3% rising
19 Nepal 17.23 2023 down 13.2% falling
20 Malawi 17.16 2023 up 27.1% rising
21 Burkina Faso 14.99 2023 up 16.7% rising
22 Chad 14.6 2023 up 37.5% rising
23 Sri Lanka 13.7 2023 down 6.2% rising
24 Côte d'Ivoire 13.49 2023 up 12.4% rising
25 Mali 12.73 2023 up 18.8% rising
26 Ghana 11.83 2023 down 3.5% rising
27 Burundi 11.65 2023 up 26.2% rising
28 Sudan 11.53 2023 down 32.5% falling
29 Rwanda 11.34 2023 up 23.4% rising
30 Cameroon 10.92 2023 up 12.6% rising
31 Zambia 10.87 2023 up 22.1% rising
32 Angola 10.54 2023 up 14.6% rising
33 Zimbabwe 10.2 2023 up 14.1% rising
34 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea 9.64 2023 down 1.7% rising
35 Somalia 9.51 2023 up 28.2% rising
36 Mexico 9.49 2023 down 21.6% falling
37 South Sudan 9.05 2023 down 0.7% rising
38 Guinea 8.91 2023 up 22.0% rising
39 Papua New Guinea 8.44 2023 up 21.2% rising
40 Senegal 8.31 2023 up 17.6% rising
41 Guatemala 7.03 2023 up 2.4% rising
42 Benin 6.89 2023 up 17.7% rising
43 Cambodia 6.58 2023 down 41.0% rising
44 Thailand 6.29 2023 down 49.2% falling
45 South Africa 5.83 2023 down 24.0% falling
46 Uzbekistan 5.13 2023 up 34.1% rising
47 Togo 5.11 2023 up 15.9% rising
48 Sierra Leone 4.71 2023 up 17.3% rising
49 Haiti 4.63 2023 down 7.6% falling
50 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.6 2023 up 3.2% rising
51 Brazil 4.28 2023 down 43.9% falling
52 Colombia 3.36 2023 down 31.5% falling
53 Honduras 3.18 2023 down 6.1% rising
54 Türkiye 3.11 2023 down 9.2% falling
55 Central African Republic 2.91 2023 up 3.7% rising
56 Liberia 2.55 2023 up 12.0% rising
57 Nicaragua 2.45 2023 up 5.3% rising
58 Peru 2.2 2023 down 60.1% falling
59 Eritrea 1.95 2023 up 1.4% rising
60 Congo 1.81 2023 up 8.5% rising
61 Mauritania 1.69 2023 up 10.0% rising
62 Malaysia 1.65 2023 up 122.3% volatile
63 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.41 2023 down 10.9% flat
64 Paraguay 1.4 2023 down 12.5% falling
65 Ukraine 1.4 2023 down 19.5% falling
66 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1.38 2023 down 10.2% volatile
67 Kyrgyzstan 1.28 2023 down 5.1% falling
68 Tajikistan 1.21 2023 down 39.5% falling
69 Guinea-Bissau 1.17 2023 up 18.1% rising
70 Namibia 1.16 2023 up 5.2% rising
71 Syrian Arab Republic 1.11 2023 up 175.6% volatile
72 Lesotho 1.05 2023 down 15.1% falling
73 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.02 2023 down 45.5% falling
74 Gambia 0.9575 2023 up 8.4% rising
75 Timor-Leste 0.8658 2023 up 7.3% rising
76 Mongolia 0.8593 2023 up 4.0% falling
77 Ecuador 0.8546 2023 down 4.2% falling
78 Serbia 0.8453 2023 down 48.5% falling
79 Viet Nam 0.7895 2023 down 96.9% volatile
80 Kazakhstan 0.7737 2023 down 26.7% volatile
81 Eswatini 0.6386 2023 down 0.2% falling
82 Solomon Islands 0.5864 2023 up 27.6% rising
83 Comoros 0.5591 2023 up 14.2% rising
84 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.5301 2023 down 21.8% rising
85 Botswana 0.4953 2023 down 6.5% falling
86 Equatorial Guinea 0.4593 2023 up 17.8% rising
87 Dominican Republic 0.3595 2023 down 50.3% volatile
88 Morocco 0.2894 2023 down 61.4% volatile
89 North Macedonia 0.2835 2023 down 37.0% falling
90 Albania 0.2737 2023 down 55.6% volatile
91 Fiji 0.2675 2023 down 24.5% falling
92 Djibouti 0.247 2023 up 10.8% rising
93 Cuba 0.2254 2023 down 47.8% volatile
94 Vanuatu 0.2158 2023 up 17.7% rising
95 Georgia 0.1929 2023 down 77.0% volatile
96 El Salvador 0.191 2023 down 76.8% volatile
97 Jamaica 0.1247 2023 down 51.7% volatile
98 Samoa 0.1194 2023 down 5.0% falling
99 Montenegro 0.1118 2023 down 13.6% falling
100 Gabon 0.1089 2023 down 31.4% falling
101 Algeria 0.1028 2023 down 51.2% volatile
102 Azerbaijan 0.0963 2023 down 73.4% volatile
103 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0861 2023 up 3.3% rising
104 Costa Rica 0.0861 2023 down 58.1% falling
105 Iraq 0.0768 2023 down 85.7% volatile
106 Cape Verde 0.0702 2023 down 40.6% falling
107 Egypt 0.0652 2023 down 40.1% volatile
108 Argentina 0.0618 2023 down 61.4% volatile
109 Belize 0.0568 2023 up 13.9% rising
110 Kiribati 0.0547 2023 down 3.2% rising
111 Bhutan 0.0547 2023 down 68.3% volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0539 2023 down 11.9% falling
113 Republic of Moldova 0.0295 2023 down 79.6% volatile
114 Armenia 0.0283 2023 down 58.9% volatile
115 Saint Lucia 0.0126 2023 up 123.0% rising
116 Grenada 0.0116 2023 up 71.0% rising
117 Belarus 0.0105 2023 down 79.7% volatile
118 Tonga 0.0091 2023 down 72.2% falling
119 Jordan 0.0082 2023 up 89.1% volatile
120 Marshall Islands 0.0082 2023 down 34.9% falling
121 Tunisia 0.0072 2023 down 71.6% volatile
122 Mauritius 0.0068 2023 down 61.2% volatile
123 Dominica 0.0039 2023 down 23.8% falling
124 Turkmenistan 0.0034 2023 down 43.5% volatile
125 Cook Islands 0.0028 2023 down 14.8% falling
126 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0028 2023 up 71.8% rising
127 Tuvalu 0.0019 2023 down 41.0% falling
128 Tokelau 0.0018 2023 up 50.2% rising
129 Maldives 0.0006 2023 down 93.6% volatile
130 Niue 0 2023 down 80.7% 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 polluting fuels and technologies for cooking (in millions)
Source
World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (WHO)
Coverage
201 places, 6,834 data points, 1990–2023
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