Indicator

Clean Cooking Access by African country

2024

Share of the population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for cooking.

Africa, 202454 of 54 countries
34.1%population-weighted average
Highest in 2024Algeria · 100.0%Lowest in 2024South Sudan · 0.0%Reported in 202454 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — 11.0%Democratic Republic of the Congo — 5.0%Somalia — 5.0%Kenya — 32.0%Sudan — 47.0%Chad — 11.0%South Africa — 90.0%Lesotho — 58.0%Zimbabwe — 37.0%Botswana — 71.0%Namibia — 46.0%Senegal — 39.0%Mali — 2.0%Mauritania — 56.0%Benin — 8.0%Niger — 6.0%Nigeria — 28.0%Cameroon — 32.0%Togo — 15.0%Ghana — 35.0%Cote d'Ivoire — 48.0%Guinea — 2.0%Guinea-Bissau — 2.0%Liberia — 1.0%Sierra Leone — 2.0%Burkina Faso — 18.0%Central African Republic — 1.0%Republic of the Congo — 40.0%Gabon — 93.0%Equatorial Guinea — 50.0%Zambia — 10.0%Malawi — 2.0%Mozambique — 8.0%Eswatini — 56.0%Angola — 56.0%Burundi — 0.0%Madagascar — 2.0%Gambia — 3.0%Tunisia — 100.0%Algeria — 100.0%Eritrea — 21.0%Morocco — 97.0%Egypt — 100.0%Libya — 95.0%Ethiopia — 7.0%Djibouti — 46.0%Uganda — 2.0%Rwanda — 9.0%South Sudan — 0.0%Nigeria 28.0%Nigeria 28.0%Ethiopia 7.0%Ethiopia 7.0%Kenya 32.0%Kenya 32.0%South Africa 90.0%South Africa 90.0%2024HIGHEST IN 2024Algeria100.0%Egypt100.0%Tunisia100.0%Mauritiusnot drawn99.0%Seychellesnot drawn99.0%LOWEST IN 2024South Sudan0.0%Burundi0.0%Liberia1.0%Central African Republic1.0%Uganda2.0%PINNEDEthiopia7.0%38 of 54Kenya32.0%26 of 54Nigeria28.0%27 of 54South Africa90.0%9 of 54OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawn89.0%Comorosnot drawn11.0%Sao Tome and Principenot drawn7.0%% of population · quintiles of the observed range0%2%11%37%58%100%no record
20142024
World Bank · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Northern Africa6 of 6 countries89.6%
Southern Africa5 of 5 countries85.9%
Western Africa16 of 16 countries24.7%
Middle Africa9 of 9 countries20.7%
Eastern Africa18 of 18 countries10.6%
Africaall 54 countries · 54 with a 2024 figure34.1%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2024 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Clean Cooking AccessShare of the population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies for cooking.
SourceWorld Bank, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of population
Last updated15 Oct 2026
Next expected updateOct 2027
Date range2000–2024
Coverage54 of 54 countries · 54 reported, 0 modelled, 0 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 54 countries did so for 2024 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2024 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

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Africa API (2026) — "Clean Cooking Access". Data adapted from World Bank. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/clean-cooking
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=access_to_clean_fuels_pct&year=2024&limit=100

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The measures that explain this one.

Clean Cooking Access: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

54 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryClean Cooking AccessPeriod
1Algeria100%2024
2Egypt100%2024
3Tunisia100%2024
4Mauritius99%2024
5Seychelles99%2024
6Morocco97%2024
7Libya95%2024
8Gabon93%2024
9South Africa90%2024
10Cabo Verde89%2024
11Botswana71%2024
12Lesotho58%2024
13Angola56%2024
14Eswatini56%2024
15Mauritania56%2024
16Equatorial Guinea50%2024
17Cote d'Ivoire48%2024
18Sudan47%2024
19Djibouti46%2024
20Namibia46%2024
21Republic of the Congo40%2024
22Senegal39%2024
23Zimbabwe37%2024
24Ghana35%2024
25Cameroon32%2024
26Kenya32%2024
27Nigeria28%2024
28Eritrea21%2024
29Burkina Faso18%2024
30Togo15%2024
31Chad11%2024
32Comoros11%2024
33Tanzania11%2024
34Zambia10%2024
35Rwanda9%2024
36Benin8%2024
37Mozambique8%2024
38Ethiopia7%2024
39Sao Tome and Principe7%2024
40Niger6%2024
41Democratic Republic of the Congo5%2024
42Somalia5%2024
43Gambia3%2024
44Guinea2%2024
45Guinea-Bissau2%2024
46Madagascar2%2024
47Malawi2%2024
48Mali2%2024
49Sierra Leone2%2024
50Uganda2%2024
51Central African Republic1%2024
52Liberia1%2024
53Burundi0%2024
54South Sudan0%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 54 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
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