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South Africa
Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population)

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

Global rank#100out of 189 countries
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Historical trend

96.591.686.781.876.9200020122023South Africa · 2023: 97South Africa

Analytical takeaways

  • South Africa records 97 for Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) in 2023, ranking #100 globally out of 189 countries.
  • Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, urban (% of urban population) increased from 77 in 2000 to 97 in 2023, a gain of 20.
  • 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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