Clean cooking access in World

75.4% of people in the world 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
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024 75.4% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.9percentage points 2023: 74.5%
European Union, 2024 98.9% Official aggregate

Clean cooking access in World 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 WorldEuropean Union
2024 75.4% 98.9%
2023 74.5% 98.9%
2022 73.7% 98.8%
2021 72.4% 98.8%
2020 71.3% 98.6%
2019 69.9% 98.4%
2018 68.7% 98.3%
2017 67.1% 98.0%
2016 65.6% 97.9%
2015 63.9% 97.4%
2014 62.4% 97.2%
2013 60.8% 96.9%
2012 59.4% 96.6%
2011 57.9% 96.3%
2010 56.7% 96.1%
2009 55.5% 95.7%
2008 54.3% 95.3%
2007 53.4% 94.9%
2006 52.8% 94.4%
2005 52.1% 93.7%
2004 51.2% 93.2%
2003 50.4% 92.3%
2002 49.6% 91.5%
2001 48.8% 90.7%
2000 47.8% 89.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 74.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 62.4%, the figure has changed by +13.0 percentage points.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 98.9%.

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 World
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