Clean cooking access in Lesotho
58.0% of people in Lesotho mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
Lesotho, 2024
58.0%
Change from 2023
+2.0percentage points
World, 2024
75.4%
Position in 2024
131st of 192
Clean cooking access in Lesotho over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.0% | 75.4% |
| 2023 | 56.0% | 74.5% |
| 2022 | 54.0% | 73.7% |
| 2021 | 52.0% | 72.4% |
| 2020 | 50.0% | 71.3% |
| 2019 | 49.0% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 47.0% | 68.7% |
| 2017 | 46.0% | 67.1% |
| 2016 | 44.0% | 65.6% |
| 2015 | 42.0% | 63.9% |
| 2014 | 40.0% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | 37.0% | 60.8% |
| 2012 | 35.0% | 59.4% |
| 2011 | 33.0% | 57.9% |
| 2010 | 31.0% | 56.7% |
| 2009 | 30.0% | 55.5% |
| 2008 | 28.0% | 54.3% |
| 2007 | 27.0% | 53.4% |
| 2006 | 25.0% | 52.8% |
| 2005 | 24.0% | 52.1% |
| 2004 | 23.0% | 51.2% |
| 2003 | 21.0% | 50.4% |
| 2002 | 19.0% | 49.6% |
| 2001 | 18.0% | 48.8% |
| 2000 | 16.0% | 47.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 56.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 40.0%, the figure has changed by +18.0 percentage points.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 131st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 75.4%.