Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Number with without clean cooking fuels was 68.53 million in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
68.53 million
Change on year
up 1.3%
World rank
15th
of 189 countries
All-time high
68.53 million
in 2023
All-time low
58.89 million
in 2000
Years of data
24
2000–2023

Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom, 2000–2023

020.0M40.0M60.0M2000201120232000: 58.9M2001: 59.1M2002: 59.4M2003: 59.6M2004: 60.0M2005: 60.4M2006: 60.8M2007: 61.3M2008: 61.8M2009: 62.3M2010: 62.8M2011: 63.3M2012: 63.7M2013: 64.1M2014: 64.6M2015: 65.1M2016: 65.6M2017: 66.0M2018: 66.3M2019: 66.6M2020: 66.7M2021: 67.0M2022: 67.6M2023: 68.5M

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom is 68.53 million, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom peaked at 68.53 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 58.89 million, in 2000.

That places United Kingdom 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom, year by year

Annual values for Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom, 2000 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2000 58.89 million —
2001 59.12 million +0.4%
2002 59.37 million +0.4%
2003 59.65 million +0.5%
2004 59.99 million +0.6%
2005 60.40 million +0.7%
2006 60.85 million +0.7%
2007 61.32 million +0.8%
2008 61.81 million +0.8%
2009 62.28 million +0.8%
2010 62.77 million +0.8%
2011 63.26 million +0.8%
2012 63.71 million +0.7%
2013 64.14 million +0.7%
2014 64.62 million +0.7%
2015 65.09 million +0.7%
2016 65.61 million +0.8%
2017 65.96 million +0.5%
2018 66.29 million +0.5%
2019 66.63 million +0.5%
2020 66.74 million +0.2%
2021 66.98 million +0.4%
2022 67.64 million +1.0%
2023 68.53 million +1.3%

United Kingdom compared with similar countries

  • United Kingdom's 68.53 million is above the median for high income countries, which is 5.37 million, 12.8× the median. (62 countries reporting)
  • United Kingdom's 68.53 million is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6.65 million, 10.3× the median. (50 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 60.37 million 58.89 million 62.28 million 10
2010s 64.81 million 62.77 million 66.63 million 10
2020s 67.47 million 66.74 million 68.53 million 4

Countries ranked near United Kingdom

  1. 12 Iran 86.71 million compare
  2. 13 Germany 83.29 million compare
  3. 14 Turkey 81.32 million compare
  4. 16 France 68.37 million compare
  5. 17 Philippines 68.36 million compare
  6. 18 Thailand 62.24 million compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More reference data data for United Kingdom

All data for United Kingdom →

Frequently asked questions

What is number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom?
Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom was 68.53 million in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest number with without clean cooking fuels recorded in United Kingdom?
The highest recorded value was 68.53 million in 2023.
What is the lowest number with without clean cooking fuels recorded in United Kingdom?
The lowest recorded value was 58.89 million in 2000.
How does United Kingdom rank for number with without clean cooking fuels?
United Kingdom ranks 15th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
Is number with without clean cooking fuels rising or falling in United Kingdom?
Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United Kingdom 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.

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 with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 14 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/number-with-without-clean-cooking-fuels/united-kingdom/

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/united-kingdom/">Number with without clean cooking fuels in United Kingdom</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed