Share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking was 14.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in Solomon Islands, 2000–2024
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 14.0% for share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 55.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in Solomon Islands peaked at 14.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8.0%, in 2001.
Solomon Islands ranks 167th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.1% | 8.0% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.6% | 8.0% | 11.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.8% | 12.0% | 14.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 164 East Timor 19.0% compare
- 165 Burkina Faso 18.0% compare
- 166 Togo 15.0% compare
- 168 Papua New Guinea 12.0% compare
- 169 Chad 11.0% compare
- 169 Comoros 11.0% compare
- 169 Tanzania 11.0% compare
More reference data data for Solomon Islands
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.5032 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.3882 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.2159 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.4206 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 164.87 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6447 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 1 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Free country 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in Solomon Islands?
- Share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking in Solomon Islands was 14.0% in 2024, according to World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 14.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.0% in 2001.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking?
- Solomon Islands ranks 167th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population with access to clean fuels for cooking. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Access to clean fuels or technologies such as natural gas, electricity, and clean cookstoves reduces exposure to indoor air pollutants, a leading cause of death in low-income households.