St. Vincent and the Grenadines's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) was 98% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2 percentage points from 96% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 98% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 97% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 96% | 2014 |
| Highest | 98% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 96% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 96.7% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 96% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines' access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) rose 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 97% to 98%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.37 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.6 standard deviations above 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 2006 and the biggest yearly fall was 1 percentage points in 2007. 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 0.2 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 80% 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
In 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines had the 63rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 98% | 2024 |
| World | 75.42% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 90.49% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 90.16% | 2024 |
Closest to St. Vincent and the Grenadines in the 2024 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
| Year | Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 98 |
| 2023 | 97 |
| 2022 | 97 |
| 2021 | 97 |
| 2020 | 97 |
| 2019 | 97 |
| 2018 | 96 |
| 2017 | 96 |
| 2016 | 96 |
| 2015 | 96 |
| 2014 |
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 99% (2024)
- Argentina — 100% (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 100% (2024)
- Barbados — 100% (2024)
- Belize — 89% (2024)
- Bolivia — 91% (2024)
- Brazil — 98% (2024)
- Chile — 96% (2024)
- Colombia
More environment data for St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Rural population — 51,979 (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 52.02% (2025)
- Urban population — 47,945 (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 47.98% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 10 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons) — 971 (2024)
- Total fisheries production (metric tons) — 981 (2024)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — -0.95% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is St. Vincent and the Grenadines's access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking (% of population)?
- 98% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 2 percentage points from 96% in 2000. The highest value was 98% in 2024 and the lowest 96% in 2000.
- How does St. Vincent and the Grenadines rank?
- 63rd highest of 192 economies with data for 2024.
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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