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Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (%) by country

Countries reporting
155
Highest
98.4%
Niger
Lowest
0.0%
Tokelau
Median
31.6%
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,678

What the numbers show

Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (%) is currently reported for 155 countries. The highest value is 98.4% in Niger; the lowest is 0.0% in Tokelau.

The median across all reporting countries is 31.6%, and the mean is 41.3%.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Lucia (up 57.1%), and the largest decrease in Republic of Korea (down 100.0%).

Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Niger 98.4% 2023 down 0.4% flat
2 Central African Republic 98.1% 2023 down 0.4% flat
3 Chad 97.3% 2023 up 1.6% rising
4 Ethiopia 97.2% 2023 down 1.1% flat
5 Gambia 96.4% 2023 down 0.7% flat
6 Guinea-Bissau 94.6% 2023 down 1.4% flat
7 South Sudan 94.3% 2023 up 2.2% rising
8 Solomon Islands 94.2% 2023 down 2.5% rising
9 Burkina Faso 93.8% 2023 down 2.5% flat
10 Sierra Leone 93.6% 2023 down 3.1% rising
11 Marshall Islands 92.9% 2023 down 1.4% rising
12 Cameroon 92.3% 2023 down 2.6% flat
13 Papua New Guinea 92.2% 2023 down 2.6% falling
14 Mali 91.5% 2023 down 2.5% falling
15 Timor-Leste 91.4% 2023 down 5.2% flat
16 Burundi 90.9% 2023 down 5.5% falling
17 Zimbabwe 90.8% 2023 down 3.4% flat
18 Vanuatu 90.2% 2023 down 4.4% rising
19 Rwanda 89.8% 2023 down 6.6% falling
20 Nicaragua 89.2% 2023 down 2.3% falling
21 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 89.1% 2023 down 1.0% rising
22 Bangladesh 88.8% 2023 down 7.5% falling
22 Mozambique 88.8% 2023 down 6.9% falling
24 Guinea 88.2% 2023 down 4.8% falling
25 Côte d'Ivoire 87.4% 2023 down 4.2% rising
26 Namibia 85.7% 2023 down 1.7% rising
27 Liberia 85.0% 2023 down 4.3% flat
28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 85.0% 2023 up 5.0% rising
29 Uganda 84.9% 2023 down 3.4% falling
30 Malawi 84.7% 2023 down 10.5% falling
31 Togo 84.2% 2023 down 0.7% rising
32 Micronesia, Federated States of 83.5% 2023 up 16.5% rising
33 Nigeria 82.5% 2023 down 6.6% flat
34 Eritrea 82.0% 2023 down 8.7% falling
34 Madagascar 82.0% 2023 down 5.9% falling
36 Guatemala 81.7% 2023 down 6.5% rising
36 Tanzania, United Republic of 81.7% 2023 down 10.5% falling
38 Congo 81.2% 2023 down 4.4% flat
39 Benin 81.0% 2023 down 8.9% falling
40 Kenya 80.1% 2023 down 6.5% falling
41 Zambia 79.9% 2023 down 4.0% falling
42 Angola 79.5% 2023 up 4.2% rising
43 Haiti 78.1% 2023 up 0.5% flat
44 Afghanistan 77.3% 2023 down 14.0% falling
45 Senegal 75.7% 2023 down 9.7% falling
46 Comoros 75.2% 2023 down 14.5% falling
47 Kiribati 75.1% 2023 down 16.6% falling
48 Honduras 74.4% 2023 down 8.9% falling
49 Nepal 74.0% 2023 down 15.0% falling
50 Cook Islands 72.9% 2023 up 6.4% rising
51 Yemen 72.8% 2023 up 33.3% rising
52 Botswana 72.7% 2023 up 2.8% falling
53 Sri Lanka 72.5% 2023 down 11.9% falling
54 Mongolia 70.4% 2023 down 16.3% falling
55 Equatorial Guinea 69.9% 2023 down 7.2% rising
56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 69.5% 2023 down 15.0% falling
57 Eswatini 67.6% 2023 down 5.1% falling
58 Ghana 67.1% 2023 down 11.2% falling
59 Pakistan 66.2% 2023 down 22.1% falling
60 Samoa 63.2% 2023 down 13.8% falling
61 Lesotho 62.5% 2023 down 18.1% flat
62 Myanmar 55.5% 2023 down 37.4% falling
63 Montenegro 54.6% 2023 down 3.2% rising
63 Mauritania 54.6% 2023 down 14.0% falling
65 Paraguay 51.2% 2023 down 16.2% falling
66 Philippines 50.1% 2023 down 20.2% falling
67 Sao Tome and Principe 47.2% 2023 down 32.1% falling
68 Latvia 46.8% 2023 up 17.5% rising
69 Tuvalu 46.5% 2023 down 20.2% falling
70 Cambodia 44.4% 2023 down 49.2% falling
71 Somalia 42.0% 2023 down 40.2% falling
72 Cape Verde 41.2% 2023 down 34.2% falling
73 Fiji 39.6% 2023 down 39.1% falling
74 Mexico 39.0% 2023 down 17.9% falling
75 North Macedonia 34.0% 2023 down 31.9% falling
76 Colombia 33.9% 2023 down 31.1% falling
77 India 33.5% 2023 down 56.5% falling
78 North Korea 31.6% 2023 down 50.6% falling
79 Peru 30.7% 2023 down 61.4% falling
80 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 28.5% 2023 down 46.9% falling
81 Serbia 28.1% 2023 down 43.1% falling
82 Kyrgyzstan 27.5% 2023 down 16.9% rising
83 South Africa 27.4% 2023 down 15.2% falling
84 Albania 26.3% 2023 down 43.7% falling
85 Gabon 25.1% 2023 down 58.4% falling
86 Belize 25.0% 2023 down 3.8% falling
87 Estonia 22.1% 2023 down 30.8% falling
88 China 19.8% 2023 down 58.8% rising
89 Chile 19.1% 2023 down 45.4% falling
90 Panama 18.5% 2023 down 35.1% falling
91 Uzbekistan 17.4% 2023 down 26.9% falling
92 Dominican Republic 16.0% 2023 down 33.1% falling
93 Tajikistan 15.4% 2023 down 52.6% volatile
94 Indonesia 14.8% 2023 down 72.3% falling
95 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 14.0% 2023 down 23.9% flat
96 Türkiye 13.1% 2023 down 13.8% falling
97 Georgia 12.6% 2023 down 75.0% falling
98 Romania 12.2% 2023 down 51.2% falling
99 Ecuador 12.1% 2023 down 17.7% falling
100 El Salvador 11.9% 2023 down 71.3% falling
101 Sudan 11.0% 2023 down 81.5% falling
102 Croatia 10.7% 2023 down 30.5% falling
102 Tonga 10.7% 2023 down 72.4% falling
104 Ukraine 10.4% 2023 down 3.7% rising
105 Uruguay 9.9% 2023 down 52.4% falling
106 Costa Rica 9.4% 2023 down 45.3% falling
107 Bhutan 9.1% 2023 down 75.3% volatile
108 Brazil 8.9% 2023 down 56.8% falling
109 Thailand 8.6% 2023 down 43.8% falling
110 Grenada 7.1% 2023 up 39.2% rising
111 Dominica 6.2% 2023 down 65.8% falling
112 Slovakia 5.5% 2023 down 6.8% rising
113 Kazakhstan 4.6% 2023 down 22.0% rising
114 Jamaica 3.5% 2023 down 72.9% volatile
115 Naoero 3.2% 2023 up 14.3% falling
116 Malaysia 3.1% 2023 down 16.2% rising
117 Saint Lucia 2.2% 2023 up 57.1% rising
118 Armenia 2.1% 2023 down 65.0% volatile
119 Slovenia 1.7% 2023 down 32.0% falling
120 Azerbaijan 1.6% 2023 down 78.7% volatile
120 Greece 1.6% 2023 down 33.3% falling
122 Spain 1.4% 2023 down 41.7% rising
122 Puerto Rico 1.4% 2023 up 27.3% volatile
124 Czechia 1.2% 2023 down 40.0% rising
125 Djibouti 1.1% 2023 down 88.3% volatile
126 Syria 0.8% 2023 unchanged rising
127 Austria 0.7% 2023 down 79.4% falling
127 Republic of Moldova 0.7% 2023 down 89.9% volatile
129 Morocco 0.6% 2023 down 85.7% volatile
130 Cuba 0.5% 2023 down 83.3% volatile
130 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.5% 2023 down 58.3% falling
130 Viet Nam 0.5% 2023 down 98.7% volatile
133 Guyana 0.4% 2023 down 92.9% volatile
133 Mauritius 0.4% 2023 down 75.0% volatile
133 Palau 0.4% 2023 up 33.3% volatile
136 Belarus 0.3% 2023 down 85.0% volatile
136 Algeria 0.3% 2023 down 72.7% volatile
136 Jordan 0.3% 2023 up 50.0% rising
136 Qatar 0.3% 2023 down 50.0% falling
136 Russian Federation 0.3% 2023 unchanged volatile
136 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3% 2023 up 50.0% volatile
142 Iraq 0.2% 2023 down 92.6% volatile
142 Saudi Arabia 0.2% 2023 down 33.3% volatile
144 United Arab Emirates 0.1% 2023 unchanged volatile
144 Argentina 0.1% 2023 down 95.8% volatile
144 Maldives 0.1% 2023 down 96.9% volatile
144 Niue 0.1% 2023 down 95.8% volatile
148 Egypt 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Republic of Korea 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Oman 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Seychelles 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2023 — volatile
148 Tunisia 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile
148 Tokelau 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

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

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Indicator
Proportion of population with primary reliance on fuels and technologies for cooking, by fuel type (%)
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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