Euro area: Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Euro area's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2023 (from 99.12% to 99.13%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.28 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.9 percentage points in 2003. 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 0.13 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 91% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

See how every economy compares in the full ranking.

What this measures

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking is the proportion of total 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

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 30% (2024)
• Algeria — 100% (2024)
• Bahrain — 100% (2024)
• Djibouti — 46% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 100% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 99% (2024)
• Iraq — 99% (2024)
• Israel — 100% (2024)
• Jordan

More environment data for Euro area

• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 16.13% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 19.77% (2025)
• Rural population — 80.79 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 22.52% (2025)
• Urban population — 277.88 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 77.48% (2025)
• Electric power transmission and distribution losses (% of output) — 6.26% (2024)
• Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total) — 65.12% (2024)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 888,468 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Euro area's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)?

99.13% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 8.6 percentage points from 90.53% in 2000. The highest value was 99.13% in 2024 and the lowest 90.53% in 2000.

Is the latest change in access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) unusual for Euro area?

In 2024, Euro area's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2023 (from 99.12% to 99.13%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.37 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.28 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.CFT.ACCS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, ACRA Europe, uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/, note: License: Creative Commons Attribution—NonCommercial 3.0 IGO (CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO), publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), United Nations Statistical… 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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