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

Within the “South Asia” group, Maldives leads Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in 2023 at 100, while Bangladesh sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 11. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.025.049.974.999.8MaldivesMaldives: 10099.8BhutanBhutan: 8887.5IndiaIndia: 6665.7Sri LankaSri Lanka: 2626.2NepalNepal: 2625.7BangladeshBangladesh: 1110.8

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Maldives 100
2 Bhutan 88
3 India 66
4 Sri Lanka 26
5 Nepal 26
6 Bangladesh 11

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the South Asia group for Access to clean fuels and technologies for cooking, rural (% of rural population) in 2023, Maldives leads with a gap of 12 to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 6 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Bangladesh at 11.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.