Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia

Tunisia: Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels was 12.19 million people in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
12.19 million people
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
53rd
of 189 countries
All-time high
12.19 million people
in 2023
All-time low
8.90 million people
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia, 2000–2023

02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M2000201120232000: 8.9M people2001: 9.2M people2002: 9.4M people2003: 9.6M people2004: 9.8M people2005: 10.0M people2006: 10.1M people2007: 10.3M people2008: 10.4M people2009: 10.6M people2010: 10.7M people2011: 10.8M people2012: 11.0M people2013: 11.1M people2014: 11.3M people2015: 11.4M people2016: 11.5M people2017: 11.6M people2018: 11.8M people2019: 11.9M people2020: 12.0M people2021: 12.0M people2022: 12.1M people2023: 12.2M people

Source: World Health Organization (via World Bank) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia is 12.19 million people, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 9.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia peaked at 12.19 million people in 2023 and was at its lowest, 8.90 million people, in 2000.

That places Tunisia 53rd 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 of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia, year by year

Annual values for Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia, 2000 to 2023.
Year people Change
2000 8.90 million people
2001 9.19 million people +3.3%
2002 9.44 million people +2.8%
2003 9.65 million people +2.2%
2004 9.84 million people +2.0%
2005 9.99 million people +1.5%
2006 10.15 million people +1.6%
2007 10.29 million people +1.3%
2008 10.43 million people +1.4%
2009 10.55 million people +1.2%
2010 10.69 million people +1.3%
2011 10.83 million people +1.3%
2012 10.97 million people +1.2%
2013 11.11 million people +1.3%
2014 11.25 million people +1.3%
2015 11.38 million people +1.1%
2016 11.51 million people +1.1%
2017 11.64 million people +1.2%
2018 11.75 million people +1.0%
2019 11.86 million people +0.9%
2020 11.96 million people +0.8%
2021 12.04 million people +0.6%
2022 12.11 million people +0.6%
2023 12.19 million people +0.7%

Tunisia compared with similar countries

  • Tunisia's 12.19 million people is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.35 million people, 2.3× the median. (45 countries reporting)
  • Tunisia's 12.19 million people is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 14.09 million people, 86% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 9.84 million people 8.90 million people 10.55 million people 10
2010s 11.30 million people 10.69 million people 11.86 million people 10
2020s 12.07 million people 11.96 million people 12.19 million people 4

Countries ranked near Tunisia

  1. 50 Afghanistan 16.00 million people compare
  2. 51 Cote d'Ivoire 13.74 million people compare
  3. 52 Nepal 12.68 million people compare
  4. 54 Belgium 11.78 million people compare
  5. 55 Jordan 11.37 million people compare
  6. 56 Bolivia 11.09 million people compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More reference data data for Tunisia

All data for Tunisia →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia?
Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia was 12.19 million people in 2023, according to World Health Organization (via World Bank) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels recorded in Tunisia?
The highest recorded value was 12.19 million people in 2023.
What is the lowest number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels recorded in Tunisia?
The lowest recorded value was 8.90 million people in 2000.
How does Tunisia rank for number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels?
Tunisia ranks 53rd out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels rising or falling in Tunisia?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Tunisia data come from?
The figures come from World Health Organization (via World Bank) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (via World Bank) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-with-without-clean-cooking-fuels/tunisia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-with-without-clean-cooking-fuels/tunisia/">Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels in Tunisia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of people with and without access to clean cooking fuels
Unit
people
Source
World Health Organization (via World Bank) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,536 data points, 2000–2023
Last refreshed

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.