Number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana

Botswana: Number with without clean cooking fuels was 1.65 million in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.65 million
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
119th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.65 million
in 2023
All-time low
749,790
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana, 2000–2023

0500.0k1.0M1.5M2000201120232000: 749.8k2001: 796.2k2002: 841.0k2003: 880.8k2004: 919.8k2005: 958.6k2006: 995.4k2007: 1.0M2008: 1.1M2009: 1.1M2010: 1.2M2011: 1.2M2012: 1.3M2013: 1.3M2014: 1.3M2015: 1.4M2016: 1.4M2017: 1.4M2018: 1.5M2019: 1.5M2020: 1.5M2021: 1.6M2022: 1.6M2023: 1.6M

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Botswana recorded 1.65 million for number with without clean cooking fuels in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana peaked at 1.65 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 749,790, in 2000.

That places Botswana 119th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.

Number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana, year by year

Annual values for Number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana, 2000 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2000 749,790 —
2001 796,198 +6.2%
2002 840,976 +5.6%
2003 880,765 +4.7%
2004 919,837 +4.4%
2005 958,576 +4.2%
2006 995,368 +3.8%
2007 1.05 million +5.2%
2008 1.09 million +4.1%
2009 1.14 million +4.8%
2010 1.19 million +3.7%
2011 1.24 million +4.6%
2012 1.28 million +2.9%
2013 1.31 million +2.7%
2014 1.35 million +2.8%
2015 1.37 million +2.1%
2016 1.41 million +2.6%
2017 1.44 million +2.1%
2018 1.47 million +2.4%
2019 1.51 million +2.4%
2020 1.54 million +2.1%
2021 1.58 million +2.3%
2022 1.61 million +2.2%
2023 1.65 million +2.3%

Botswana compared with similar countries

  • Botswana's 1.65 million is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.50 million, 30% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
  • Botswana's 1.65 million is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.27 million, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 942,153 749,790 1.14 million 10
2010s 1.36 million 1.19 million 1.51 million 10
2020s 1.59 million 1.54 million 1.65 million 4

Countries ranked near Botswana

  1. 116 Zambia 1.91 million compare
  2. 117 Latvia 1.88 million compare
  3. 118 Chad 1.87 million compare
  4. 120 Bahrain 1.58 million compare
  5. 121 North Macedonia 1.49 million compare
  6. 122 Namibia 1.42 million compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana?
Number with without clean cooking fuels in Botswana was 1.65 million in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number with without clean cooking fuels recorded in Botswana?
The highest recorded value was 1.65 million in 2023.
What is the lowest number with without clean cooking fuels recorded in Botswana?
The lowest recorded value was 749,790 in 2000.
How does Botswana rank for number with without clean cooking fuels?
Botswana ranks 119th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is number with without clean cooking fuels rising or falling in Botswana?
Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Botswana data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Number with without clean cooking fuels. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number with without clean cooking fuels
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,536 data points, 2000–2023
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