Some countries have access to clean cooking technologies and fuels, others are more dependent on the use of solid fuels, rudimentary cookstoves, and open fires for their household cooking needs. The Alliance has gathered information from a number of sources to provide country-level snapshots of a range of factors related to access to clean cookstoves and fuels.

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By the Numbers

RegionSub-Saharan Africa
CountrySouth Africa
Population 51,189,307
Percentage of population using solid fuels for cooking13%
Number of people affected by HAP6,654,610
Number of households affected by HAP1,411,761
Number of deaths per year from HAP 7,623
Number of child deaths per year from HAP 1,283
Urban population using solid fuels6.9%
Rural population using solid fuels41.2%
Population using wood for cooking15.2%
Population using dung for cooking0.2%
Population using charcoal for cooking0.0%
Population using coal for cooking1.2%
Population using kerosene for cooking14.8%
Population using gas for cooking2.0%
Population using electricity for cooking66.4%
Population using other fuels for cooking0.2%