Afghanistan's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) was 14% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3 percentage points from 11% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 14% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 16% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 11% | 2014 |
| Highest | 16% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 1% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 14.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 1% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Afghanistan's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) fell 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 15% to 14%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.61 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.72 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 2 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 1 percentage points in 2021. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 22% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Afghanistan had the 146th highest value of the 192 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 14% | 2024 |
| World | 56.27% | 2024 |
| Low income | 7.31% | 2024 |
Closest to Afghanistan in the 2024 ranking
- Marshall Islands — 143rd of 192: 17%
- Ghana — 144th of 192: 16%
- Namibia — 145th of 192: 15%
- Kenya — 147th of 192: 14%
- Bangladesh — 148th of 192: 12%
- Côte d'Ivoire — 149th of 192: 11%
What this measures
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 14 |
| 2023 | 15 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2021 | 15 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2019 | 16 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2014 |
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies
- Algeria — 99% (2024)
- Bahrain — 99% (2024)
- Djibouti — 11% (2024)
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 100% (2024)
- Iran, Islamic Rep. — 98% (2024)
- Iraq — 99% (2024)
- Israel — 99% (2024)
- Jordan — 99% (2024)
More environment data for Afghanistan
- Population in largest city — 4.88 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 42.88% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 4.88 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 11.12% (2025)
- Rural population — 32.47 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 74.06% (2025)
- Urban population — 11.37 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 25.94% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 12,170 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Afghanistan's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)?
- 14% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 13 percentage points from 1% in 2000. The highest value was 16% in 2019 and the lowest 1% in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank?
- 146th highest of 192 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) unusual for Afghanistan?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.CFT.ACCS.RU.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, International Energy Agency (IEA), note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO); International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), note: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report; United Nations (UN), note: Tracking SD… Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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