Database: Cooking fuels and technologies (by specific fuel category)

Overview

This database contains fuel-specific estimates of the fuels and technologies used for cooking, by countries. This database was developed using the WHO Household energy database, which was input to a novel statistical model to produce the estimates available below at the global, regional, and country level for 6 specific fuel categories: electricity, gaseous fuels (including liquid petroleum gas, natural gas and biogas), kerosene, biomass (unprocessed biomass includes wood, crop residues and dung), charcoal, and coal. The estimates are also provided for urban, rural, and total areas. Currently the database contains information for 170 countries between 1960 and 2019.