ESMAP · RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score
Clean cooking policy by country
How strong are a country's policies for moving households to clean cooking?
Of the 57 countries compared in 2023, Kenya had the highest reading, 80.7, and 2 countries shared the lowest reading, 0.0. In the middle country the figure was 29.7. Among the 56 countries measured in every edition since 2010, the middle one moved from 1.7 to 29.4.
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Clean cooking policy · 2023
Context statistic
Highest of 57Kenya
80.7012023 · values only
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 57 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: John Storr · CC0, greyscale
2Photo: Kumaravels derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY 2.5 in, greyscale
3Photo: Rockwurm derivative work: Jjtkk · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Lowest in 2023
Papua New Guinea0.0
Guinea0.0
Yemen1.7
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Clean cooking policy on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 0.0–13.1
- 15.0–23.8
- 23.9–35.6
- 35.8–54.6
- 55.6–80.7
- No reading in 2023
- Africa
32.1
the middle country, of 35 measured · 55 members
Kenya80.7Guinea0.0Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Asia
31.5
the middle country, of 15 measured · 52 members
India80.0Yemen1.7Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Americas
4 of 48 measured — too few for a middle: Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua.
Haiti35.0
Nicaragua18.1Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
3 of 21 measured — too few for a middle: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Vanuatu13.1Papua New Guinea0.0Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
12 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Eastern Africa
38.1
the middle country, of 14 measured · 19 members
Kenya80.7
Madagascar3.3Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Middle Africa
32.3
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Cameroon38.3
Republic of the Congo12.4Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- South-eastern Asia
31.5
the middle country, of 5 measured · 11 members
Indonesia68.5
Cambodia10.8Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Western Africa
31.4
the middle country, of 13 measured · 16 members
Ghana68.9Guinea0.0Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Southern Asia
13.1
the middle country, of 7 measured · 9 members
India80.0
Afghanistan8.3Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Caribbean
1 of 24 measured — too few for a middle: Haiti.
Haiti35.0Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Central America
3 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
Honduras23.8Nicaragua18.1Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- Eastern Asia
2 of 8 measured — too few for a middle: China, Mongolia.
China56.7
Mongolia35.6Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Melanesia
3 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Vanuatu13.1Papua New Guinea0.0Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Northern Africa
1 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Sudan.
Sudan24.0Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Southern Africa
1 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: South Africa.
South Africa20.0Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Western Asia
1 of 19 measured — too few for a middle: Yemen.
Yemen1.7Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
03The whole field at once
The spread
57 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 29.7; a quarter are above 46.4, and a quarter below 15.6. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 57 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. Only countries where clean cooking is not yet universal are scored, so this is not a ranking of the world. Several countries still score zero, and a high score means a plan exists, not that households have switched.
Showing 25 of 57 countries
Values for 2023. The change column compares 2023 with 2022 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
052010–2023 · 14 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 2010 to 2023, all scored on the same method by the 2024 edition of RISE, so the line can be read end to end. Many countries start at zero, with no clean cooking policy at all.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 56 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 57 | 29.7 | 15.6 – 46.4 | 29.4 |
| 2022 | 57 | 25.6 | 13.1 – 38.9 | 24.7 |
| 2021 | 57 | 31.4 | 15.0 – 53.1 | 28.9 |
| 2020 | 57 | 23.8 | 10.8 – 47.2 | 22.8 |
| 2019 | 57 | 21.4 | 8.3 – 31.4 | 20.6 |
| 2018 | 57 | 18.6 | 6.7 – 27.2 | 18.3 |
| 2017 | 57 | 16.7 | 5.1 – 26.1 | 16.3 |
| 2016 | 57 | 11.9 | 5.0 – 20.6 | 11.5 |
| 2015 | 57 | 7.8 | 5.0 – 20.6 | 8.1 |
| 2014 | 57 | 5.8 | 1.7 – 16.4 | 6.0 |
| 2013 | 57 | 5.0 | 0.0 – 15.0 | 5.0 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3.1 | 0.0 – 10.3 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 56 | 2.2 | 0.0 – 6.9 | 2.2 |
| 2010 | 57 | 1.7 | 0.0 – 6.4 | 1.7 |
062022 → 2023
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after
Senegal10.8 → 46.4+35.6
Philippines5.0 → 31.5+26.5- Ghana55.0 → 68.9+13.9
Nigeria46.9 → 53.5+6.5
Mozambique33.1 → 39.2+6.1
Declined most
before → afterNo country moved this way.
57 countries were measured in both 2022 and 2023.
07Across every edition
Clean cooking policy in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
80.7
Clean cooking policy score (0–100)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 127 times by 26 countries — shared, so no holder is named
0.0
Clean cooking policy score (0–100)
ESMAP · 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Biggest improvement between editions
+54.4
25.6 → 80.0
Biggest decline between editions
−53.9
55.6 → 1.7
Most improved since first measured
+80.7
0.0 → 80.7
At the top most often
3 of 14
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The parts of the index
Inside the number
World Bank Group (ESMAP) publishes the parts the headline is built from. Each part’s highest and lowest country, and its middle value.
| Part | Highest | Lowest | Middle country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clean cooking national planning57 countries | 2 countries share 100 | 3 countries share 0 | 51 |
| Implementation scope of clean cooking planning57 countries |  Malawi100 | 10 countries share 0 | 38 |
| Incentives and attributes for clean cooking57 countries |  Rwanda100 | 24 countries share 0 | 17 |
| Standards and labelling57 countries | Kenya93 | 27 countries share 0 | 8 |
09The measure
About clean cooking policy
The RISE clean cooking score rates the plans, incentives and standards a country has for moving households from wood, charcoal and kerosene to clean cooking fuels and stoves, on a scale of 0 to 100. It is published by the World Bank's Energy Sector Management Assistance Program and measures the policy, not how many households cook cleanly.
What the number is: Clean cooking policy score (0–100).
10Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Energy, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where clean cooking policy is higher, these tend to be higher too.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Moves against
Where clean cooking policy is higher, these tend to be lower.
No statistic lines up this closely.
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 0 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
11Keep reading
Explore further
The subject
12Questions
Clean cooking policy: questions and answers
Which country has the highest clean cooking policy?
Kenya, at 80.7, among the 57 countries compared in 2023.
Which country has the lowest clean cooking policy?
2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0, among the 57 compared in 2023, so no single country is named.
How many countries does the RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score cover?
57 in 2023. The number measured varies from 56 to 57 between editions.
What is the world average clean cooking policy?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 57 compared in 2023, the figure was 29.7.
Is this World Bank Group (ESMAP)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. World Bank Group (ESMAP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score published?
This site holds 14 reference years, 2010–2023, all recalculated in World Bank Group (ESMAP)’s 2024 report on one method — not 14 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group (ESMAP), under CC BY 4.0. From World Bank Data360 (RISE), the 2024 edition's annual series. The four parts of the score are stored beside it. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
13Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score — World Bank Group (ESMAP)
From World Bank Data360 (RISE), the 2024 edition's annual series. The four parts of the score are stored beside it.
Newest edition
Report year 2023Data year 2023
Cite the source as: World Bank. Regulatory Indicators for Sustainable Energy (RISE) 2024. Washington, DC: World Bank / ESMAP.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: World Bank Group (ESMAP) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Kenya — John Storr, CC0
- India — Kumaravels derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY 2.5 in
- Malawi — Rockwurm derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Clean cooking policy by country: RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, data from World Bank Group (ESMAP). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/rise-clean-cooking