Clean cooking access in Namibia

46.0% of people in Namibia mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 46.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 45.0%
World, 2024 75.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 145th of 192 See the full ranking

Clean cooking access in Namibia 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 Namibia
2024 46.0%
2023 45.0%
2022 44.0%
2021 44.0%
2020 44.0%
2019 44.0%
2018 44.0%
2017 45.0%
2016 45.0%
2015 44.0%
2014 43.0%
2013 43.0%
2012 42.0%
2011 41.0%
2010 40.0%
2009 40.0%
2008 39.0%
2007 39.0%
2006 38.0%
2005 38.0%
2004 37.0%
2003 36.0%
2002 35.0%
2001 34.0%
2000 33.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 45.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 43.0%, the figure has changed by +3.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 145th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 75.4%.

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 Namibia
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