Worldwide
As of April 2026, 75% of 131 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)—in other words, 98 countries—include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all the LMICS assessed, 50% (66 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking (e.g., aiming to increase share of clean energy for cooking from 15% to 65% in 2030). The remaining ~24% (32 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures, such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating (e.g., a goal to achieve 19% reduction in emissions from the energy sector by 2030 by using energy-efficient appliances in households).
Sub-Saharan Africa
As of April 2026, 98% of 47 LMICs in Sub-Saharan Africa (46 countries) include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all the Sub-Saharan African LMICs assessed, 83% (39 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking.1 The remaining 15% (7 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures, such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.2
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Dem. Rep (DRC), Congo, Rep. (ROC), Côte d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
2 Of the 47 LMICs in Sub-Saharan Africa, Mauritius is the only one that does not include any clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in its NDC.
South Asia
As of April 2026, 100% of 8 LMICs in South Asia include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all South Asian LMICs assessed, 75% (6 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking. Another 25% (2 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures, such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.1
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.
Middle East and North Africa
As of April 2026, 42% of 12 LMICs in the Middle East and North Africa (5 countries) include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all Middle Eastern and North African countries assessed, 17% (2 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking, and 25% (3 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures, such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.1 Another 42% (5 countries) do not include any clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs,2 and ~17% (2 countries) have not submitted an NDC.3
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Morocco, and Yemen.
2 Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, and Tunisia
3 Iran and Libya
Latin America and the Caribbean
As of April 2026, 52% of 23 of LMICs in Latin America and the Caribbean (12 countries) include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all Latin American and Caribbean LMICs assessed, 35% (8 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking, and 17% (4 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.1 The other 48% (11 countries) do not include any clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs.2
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
2 Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, St Lucia, and Venezuela.
East Asia and the Pacific
As of April 2026, 73% of 22 LMICs in East Asia & the Pacific (16 countries) include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all East Asian and Pacific countries, 45% (10 countries) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking, and 27% (6 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.1 The other 27% (6 countries) do not include any clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs.2
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Dominica, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
2 Argentina, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru, St Lucia, and Venezuela.
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Europe and Central Asia
As of April 2026, 58% of 19 LMICs in Europe and Central Asia (11 countries) include clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs. Of all European and Central Asian LMICs assessed, only 5% (1 country) include one or more measures that explicitly target clean cooking, and 53% (10 countries) include only implicit clean cooking measures such as broad household energy measures that could apply to either cooking, lighting, and/or heating.1 The other 42% (8 countries) do not include any clean cooking-specific or broader household energy measures in their NDCs.2
1 Countries with at least one measure explicitly targeting clean cooking are shown in bold: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
2 Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Russian Federation, Serbia, Turkiye, and Ukraine.
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