Sri Lanka's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) was 21% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3 percentage points from 18% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 21% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 23% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 18% | 2014 |
| Highest | 23% | 2019 |
| Lowest | 12% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 21.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 12% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sri Lanka's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) fell 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 22% to 21%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.43 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.59 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.4 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1 percentage points in 2001 and the biggest yearly fall was 1 percentage points in 2022. 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 30% 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, Sri Lanka had the 140th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 21% | 2024 |
| World | 56.27% | 2024 |
| South Asia | 61.69% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 78.04% | 2024 |
Closest to Sri Lanka in the 2024 ranking
- Mauritania — 138th of 192: 24%
- Mongolia — 139th of 192: 22%
- Guatemala — 140th of 192: 21%
- Nicaragua — 142nd of 192: 19%
- Marshall Islands — 143rd of 192: 17%
- Ghana — 144th of 192: 16%
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 | 21 |
| 2023 | 22 |
| 2022 | 22 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2019 | 23 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2017 | 21 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2015 | 19 |
| 2014 |
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in nearby economies
- Bangladesh — 12% (2024)
- Bhutan — 89% (2024)
- India — 69% (2024)
- Maldives — 100% (2024)
- Nepal — 25% (2024)
More environment data for Sri Lanka
- Population in largest city — 647,557 (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 14.55% (2025)
- Rural population — 17.31 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 79.55% (2025)
- Urban population — 4.45 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 20.45% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 56,118 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 355,902 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 412,020 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sri Lanka's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)?
- 21% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 9 percentage points from 12% in 2000. The highest value was 23% in 2019 and the lowest 12% in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank?
- 140th 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 Sri Lanka?
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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