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Lesotho
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population)

Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural is the proportion of rural population primarily using clean cooking fuels and technologies for cooking. Under WHO guidelines, kerosene is excluded from clean cooking fuels.

Global rank#124out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

34.528.021.414.98.3200020122023Lesotho · 2023: 35Lesotho

Analytical takeaways

  • Lesotho records 35 for Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in 2023, ranking #124 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) increased from 8 in 2000 to 35 in 2023, a gain of 26.
  • The country sits in the middle of the global distribution for this metric, making the page a balanced entry point for comparative analysis beyond the extremes.

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