Clean cooking access in Republic of the Congo

40.0% of people in Republic of the Congo 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
Republic of the Congo, 2024 40.0% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.0percentage points 2023: 38.0%
World, 2024 75.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 147th of 192 See the full ranking

Clean cooking access in Republic of the Congo 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 Republic of the CongoWorld
2024 40.0% 75.4%
2023 38.0% 74.5%
2022 36.0% 73.7%
2021 34.0% 72.4%
2020 32.0% 71.3%
2019 31.0% 69.9%
2018 29.0% 68.7%
2017 28.0% 67.1%
2016 27.0% 65.6%
2015 26.0% 63.9%
2014 24.0% 62.4%
2013 22.0% 60.8%
2012 20.0% 59.4%
2011 18.0% 57.9%
2010 17.0% 56.7%
2009 15.0% 55.5%
2008 14.0% 54.3%
2007 13.0% 53.4%
2006 13.0% 52.8%
2005 13.0% 52.1%
2004 13.0% 51.2%
2003 12.0% 50.4%
2002 13.0% 49.6%
2001 13.0% 48.8%
2000 12.0% 47.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 38.0% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 24.0%, the figure has changed by +16.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Republic of the Congo has the 147th 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 Republic of the Congo
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