Clean cooking access in Zambia

10.0% of people in Zambia mainly used clean fuels and technologies for cooking in 2024.

Measure: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Zambia, 2024 10.0% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 10.0%
World, 2024 75.4% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 170th of 192 See the full ranking

Clean cooking access in Zambia 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 ZambiaWorld
2024 10.0% 75.4%
2023 10.0% 74.5%
2022 10.0% 73.7%
2021 10.0% 72.4%
2020 10.0% 71.3%
2019 11.0% 69.9%
2018 12.0% 68.7%
2017 12.0% 67.1%
2016 13.0% 65.6%
2015 14.0% 63.9%
2014 15.0% 62.4%
2013 15.0% 60.8%
2012 16.0% 59.4%
2011 16.0% 57.9%
2010 16.0% 56.7%
2009 16.0% 55.5%
2008 16.0% 54.3%
2007 15.0% 53.4%
2006 15.0% 52.8%
2005 15.0% 52.1%
2004 15.0% 51.2%
2003 15.0% 50.4%
2002 15.0% 49.6%
2001 15.0% 48.8%
2000 15.0% 47.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15.0%, the figure has changed by −5.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Zambia has the 170th 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 Zambia
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