What we count
People without access to clean cooking fuels and technologies under SDG indicator 7.1.2.
People relying on polluting cooking fuels
How many people still rely on polluting fuels or technologies for cooking.
Published value
WORLDRelated numbers in context
51,282,831electricity generated today
17,272,740renewable electricity generated today
17,352,808coal-fired electricity generated today
What lies behind this number
People without access to clean cooking fuels and technologies under SDG indicator 7.1.2.
How the source derives it
The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
What one number cannot show
The global estimate does not show smoke exposure or whether a household also uses a traditional fuel alongside a clean source.
Source value
The displayed value is the latest global figure reported by Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 for 2024 (approximate estimate).
How the value is used: The value remains unchanged until a new aggregate figure is published.
Published value2,000,000,000people
- Period
- 2024 (approximate estimate)
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
How the number is calculated
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Formula used
V = latest published valueReference value2,000,000,0002024 (approximate estimate)
Data typeunchangedwithout time calculation
DisplaypublishedTracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
Source value
Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2024 (approximate estimate).
Value period
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Display
The published value is shown without moving final digits.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026 and refers to 2024 (approximate estimate). It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines national energy balances, reported production, reserves and other official energy statistics.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report 2026
- Data period
- 2024 (approximate estimate)
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Direct display of the latest figure