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Nepal
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#131out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

25.719.914.28.42.6200020122023Nepal · 2023: 26Nepal

Analytical takeaways

  • Nepal records 26 for Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in 2023, ranking #131 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) increased from 3 in 2000 to 26 in 2023, a gain of 23.
  • 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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