Clean cooking access in Afghanistan

30.0% of people in Afghanistan mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024.

Measure: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 30.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 30.0%
World, 2024 75.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 155th of 192 See the full ranking

Clean cooking access in Afghanistan over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 30.0% 75.4%
2023 30.0% 74.5%
2022 31.0% 73.7%
2021 31.0% 72.4%
2020 31.0% 71.3%
2019 31.0% 69.9%
2018 31.0% 68.7%
2017 30.0% 67.1%
2016 29.0% 65.6%
2015 28.0% 63.9%
2014 26.0% 62.4%
2013 25.0% 60.8%
2012 23.0% 59.4%
2011 21.0% 57.9%
2010 19.0% 56.7%
2009 17.0% 55.5%
2008 15.0% 54.3%
2007 14.0% 53.4%
2006 12.0% 52.8%
2005 11.0% 52.1%
2004 10.0% 51.2%
2003 9.0% 50.4%
2002 8.0% 49.6%
2001 7.0% 48.8%
2000 7.0% 47.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.0%, the figure has changed by +4.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 155th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 75.4%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
World Health Organization, Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Health Organization, Tracking SDG 7