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People without clean fuels for cooking, by world region by country

Countries reporting
186
Highest
780.93 million people
India
Lowest
0 people
United States
Median
803,144 people
Years covered
17
2000–2016
Data points
3,105

What the numbers show

People without clean fuels for cooking, by world region is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 780.93 million people in India; the lowest is 0 people in United States.

The median across all reporting countries is 803,144 people, and the mean is 15.93 million people.

Over the past decade 63 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Bolivia (up 54.3%), and the largest decrease in Maldives (down 70.4%).

People without clean fuels for cooking, by world region: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 780.93 million people 2016 down 4.6% flat
2 China 561.67 million people 2016 down 11.1% falling
3 Nigeria 176.83 million people 2016 up 26.0% rising
4 Bangladesh 129.98 million people 2016 up 2.9% rising
5 Pakistan 115.42 million people 2016 up 1.2% flat
6 Indonesia 108.89 million people 2016 down 39.1% falling
7 Ethiopia 99.97 million people 2016 up 29.9% rising
8 Democratic Republic of Congo 75.62 million people 2016 up 38.7% rising
9 Philippines 58.86 million people 2016 up 12.0% rising
10 Tanzania 51.90 million people 2016 up 33.0% rising
11 Myanmar 43.28 million people 2016 down 4.6% flat
12 Kenya 42.47 million people 2016 up 18.7% rising
13 Uganda 39.34 million people 2016 up 38.9% rising
14 Vietnam 30.98 million people 2016 down 45.7% falling
15 Mozambique 26.80 million people 2016 up 31.4% rising
16 Madagascar 24.67 million people 2016 up 32.0% rising
17 Afghanistan 23.90 million people 2016 up 6.2% rising
18 Sudan 23.39 million people 2016 down 5.0% flat
19 North Korea 22.57 million people 2016 down 0.8% flat
20 Ghana 22.30 million people 2016 up 10.9% rising
21 Niger 20.39 million people 2016 up 46.1% rising
22 Nepal 19.73 million people 2016 down 6.5% flat
23 Cote d'Ivoire 19.48 million people 2016 up 26.1% rising
24 Cameroon 18.41 million people 2016 up 17.7% rising
25 Mexico 18.07 million people 2016 down 3.9% falling
26 Mali 17.79 million people 2016 up 36.4% rising
27 Thailand 17.64 million people 2016 down 8.7% falling
28 Burkina Faso 16.98 million people 2016 up 28.6% rising
29 Malawi 16.78 million people 2016 up 32.0% rising
30 Sri Lanka 15.62 million people 2016 down 1.6% flat
31 Angola 14.98 million people 2016 up 26.9% rising
32 Chad 14.11 million people 2016 up 39.3% rising
33 Somalia 13.85 million people 2016 up 30.0% rising
34 Zambia 13.67 million people 2016 up 32.0% rising
35 Cambodia 12.98 million people 2016 up 4.6% rising
36 Rwanda 11.60 million people 2016 up 28.8% rising
37 Guinea 11.59 million people 2016 up 26.1% rising
38 South Sudan 10.76 million people 2016 up 18.4% rising
39 Burundi 10.40 million people 2016 up 37.6% rising
40 Haiti 10.37 million people 2016 up 15.1% rising
41 Senegal 10.25 million people 2016 up 32.8% rising
42 Benin 10.17 million people 2016 up 28.3% rising
43 Zimbabwe 9.95 million people 2016 up 19.3% rising
44 Yemen 9.53 million people 2016 up 8.6% rising
45 Brazil 9.09 million people 2016 down 42.0% falling
46 Guatemala 8.67 million people 2016 up 13.0% rising
47 South Africa 8.57 million people 2016 down 41.9% falling
48 Peru 7.71 million people 2016 down 35.3% falling
49 Sierra Leone 7.26 million people 2016 up 24.9% rising
50 Papua New Guinea 7.16 million people 2016 up 18.3% rising
51 Togo 7.01 million people 2016 up 24.1% rising
52 Laos 6.46 million people 2016 up 15.8% rising
53 Liberia 4.55 million people 2016 up 32.4% rising
54 Central African Republic 4.49 million people 2016 up 9.9% rising
55 Honduras 4.35 million people 2016 down 5.0% falling
56 Bolivia 3.97 million people 2016 up 54.3% rising
57 Colombia 3.96 million people 2016 down 36.0% falling
58 Congo 3.78 million people 2016 up 17.4% rising
59 Nicaragua 3.01 million people 2016 down 7.7% falling
60 Algeria 2.99 million people 2016 up 8.5% rising
61 Eritrea 2.80 million people 2011 up 26.3% rising
62 Romania 2.78 million people 2016 down 45.6% falling
63 Russia 2.53 million people 2016 down 56.3% falling
64 Uzbekistan 2.52 million people 2016 down 31.4% falling
65 Cuba 2.33 million people 2016 down 21.1% falling
66 Paraguay 2.29 million people 2016 down 17.9% falling
67 Egypt 2.25 million people 2016 down 57.4% volatile
68 Mauritania 2.22 million people 2016 up 11.0% rising
69 Gambia 2.08 million people 2016 up 34.9% rising
70 Ukraine 1.92 million people 2016 down 45.2% falling
71 Guinea-Bissau 1.76 million people 2016 up 29.2% rising
72 Mongolia 1.75 million people 2016 down 4.2% falling
73 South Korea 1.70 million people 2016 up 2.9% flat
74 Tajikistan 1.70 million people 2016 down 43.9% falling
75 Serbia 1.67 million people 2016 down 40.5% falling
76 Chile 1.41 million people 2016 down 19.1% falling
77 Namibia 1.36 million people 2016 up 8.9% rising
78 Lesotho 1.34 million people 2016 down 10.1% falling
79 Saudi Arabia 1.31 million people 2016 up 25.0% rising
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.24 million people 2016 down 37.1% falling
81 Iran 1.20 million people 2016 down 64.1% volatile
82 Venezuela 1.15 million people 2016 up 47.7% rising
83 Morocco 1.14 million people 2016 down 38.2% falling
84 Kyrgyzstan 1.14 million people 2016 down 38.6% falling
85 Malaysia 1.14 million people 2016 up 14.7% rising
86 East Timor 1.13 million people 2016 up 15.6% rising
87 Dominican Republic 997,143 people 2016 down 29.2% falling
88 El Salvador 889,859 people 2016 down 50.8% falling
89 Iraq 867,672 people 2016 down 65.8% falling
90 Kazakhstan 829,203 people 2016 down 47.9% falling
91 Georgia 827,879 people 2016 down 51.0% falling
92 Djibouti 822,083 people 2016 up 11.1% rising
93 Bulgaria 809,008 people 2016 down 42.5% falling
94 Equatorial Guinea 797,280 people 2016 up 17.3% rising
95 Botswana 775,845 people 2016 down 10.1% falling
96 Ecuador 728,907 people 2016 down 38.1% falling
97 Comoros 721,288 people 2016 up 17.3% rising
98 North Macedonia 715,152 people 2016 down 25.4% falling
99 Argentina 697,446 people 2016 down 43.8% falling
100 Albania 649,424 people 2016 down 51.2% falling
101 Greece 615,308 people 2016 down 27.9% falling
102 Solomon Islands 567,096 people 2016 up 27.0% rising
103 Eswatini 560,339 people 2016 down 15.6% falling
104 Fiji 527,282 people 2016 down 2.5% flat
105 Panama 443,674 people 2016 down 21.9% falling
106 Azerbaijan 435,198 people 2016 down 63.1% falling
107 Gabon 419,246 people 2016 down 5.9% falling
108 Bhutan 349,935 people 2016 down 10.0% falling
109 Costa Rica 320,906 people 2016 down 21.9% falling
110 Croatia 304,727 people 2016 down 45.9% falling
111 Czechia 303,254 people 2016 down 27.6% falling
112 Jamaica 276,093 people 2016 down 45.2% falling
113 Vanuatu 243,340 people 2016 up 29.9% rising
114 Moldova 218,849 people 2016 down 59.6% falling
115 Oman 214,107 people 2016 down 4.2% falling
116 Guyana 196,852 people 2016 down 45.3% falling
117 Montenegro 190,736 people 2016 down 21.1% falling
118 Slovakia 185,733 people 2016 down 16.3% falling
119 Belarus 172,928 people 2016 down 49.6% falling
120 Syria 171,163 people 2016 down 37.2% falling
121 Sao Tome and Principe 169,060 people 2016 up 33.5% rising
122 Cape Verde 153,765 people 2016 down 10.5% falling
123 United Arab Emirates 139,479 people 2016 up 37.8% rising
124 Samoa 131,723 people 2016 down 2.3% falling
125 Kiribati 106,317 people 2016 up 15.4% rising
126 Tunisia 101,735 people 2016 down 63.9% volatile
127 Micronesia (country) 97,022 people 2016 up 3.6% flat
128 Estonia 93,553 people 2016 down 48.0% falling
129 Latvia 92,490 people 2016 down 52.5% falling
130 Armenia 91,021 people 2016 down 66.2% volatile
131 Jordan 89,810 people 2016 down 8.0% falling
132 Mauritius 84,147 people 2016 down 22.8% falling
133 Slovenia 79,091 people 2016 down 42.5% falling
134 Uruguay 69,510 people 2016 down 27.2% falling
135 Suriname 58,691 people 2016 down 25.4% falling
136 Belize 53,676 people 2016 down 0.6% flat
137 Tonga 41,297 people 2016 down 11.9% falling
138 Qatar 40,081 people 2016 up 14.9% rising
139 Turkmenistan 38,504 people 2016 down 50.6% falling
140 Maldives 29,339 people 2016 down 70.4% volatile
141 Marshall Islands 20,001 people 2016 down 42.2% falling
142 Trinidad and Tobago 10,194 people 2016 down 16.7% falling
143 Seychelles 9,127 people 2016 down 29.3% falling
144 Dominica 6,703 people 2016 down 39.0% falling
145 Tuvalu 5,569 people 2016 down 23.4% falling
146 Saint Lucia 4,987 people 2016 down 60.4% falling
147 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 4,401 people 2016 down 3.8% falling
148 Grenada 3,771 people 2016 down 26.5% falling
149 Palau 2,321 people 2016 down 45.3% falling
150 Barbados 1,600 people 2016 down 57.3% falling
151 Antigua and Barbuda 1,182 people 2016 down 32.0% falling
152 Nauru 908.1 people 2016 down 37.3% falling
153 Andorra 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Australia 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Austria 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Belgium 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Bahrain 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Bahamas 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Brunei 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Canada 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Switzerland 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Cyprus 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Germany 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Denmark 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Spain 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Finland 0 people 2016 — flat
153 France 0 people 2016 — flat
153 United Kingdom 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Hungary 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Iceland 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Israel 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Italy 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Japan 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Kuwait 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Lithuania 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Monaco 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Netherlands 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Norway 0 people 2016 — flat
153 New Zealand 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Poland 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Portugal 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Singapore 0 people 2016 — flat
153 San Marino 0 people 2016 — flat
153 Sweden 0 people 2016 — flat
153 United States 0 people 2016 — flat

About this data

Indicator
People without clean fuels for cooking, by world region
Unit
people
Source
World Bank (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 3,105 data points, 2000–2016
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