Clean cooking access in South Asia
74.3% of people in South Asia mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
74.3%
Change from 2023
+2.7percentage points
World, 2024
75.4%
Clean cooking access in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 74.3% | 75.4% |
| 2023 | 71.6% | 74.5% |
| 2022 | 68.9% | 73.7% |
| 2021 | 65.3% | 72.4% |
| 2020 | 62.6% | 71.3% |
| 2019 | 58.9% | 69.9% |
| 2018 | 56.2% | 68.7% |
| 2017 | 52.5% | 67.1% |
| 2016 | 48.9% | 65.6% |
| 2015 | 45.3% | 63.9% |
| 2014 | 42.4% | 62.4% |
| 2013 | 38.8% | 60.8% |
| 2012 | 36.0% | 59.4% |
| 2011 | 33.3% | 57.9% |
| 2010 | 31.4% | 56.7% |
| 2009 | 29.6% | 55.5% |
| 2008 | 28.6% | 54.3% |
| 2007 | 27.6% | 53.4% |
| 2006 | 26.6% | 52.8% |
| 2005 | 25.7% | 52.1% |
| 2004 | 24.8% | 51.2% |
| 2003 | 23.9% | 50.4% |
| 2002 | 22.9% | 49.6% |
| 2001 | 21.9% | 48.8% |
| 2000 | 20.2% | 47.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.7 percentage points from 71.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 42.4%, the figure has changed by +32.0 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 75.4%.