However, population growth pushed up the number of people without access by 10% to around 940 million in 2020, making sub-Saharan Africa the only region where the number of those without access continues to rise significantly. The lack of access to clean cooking remains acute in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the share of those with access barely increased from 15% in 2015 to 17% in 2020. Several other countries in developing Asia have also been making efforts to promote clean cooking, employing different methods depending on their respective national context. In China, natural gas infrastructure and biodigesters development are helping to reduce the use of biomass and kerosene. Since 2015, government figures indicate that an additional 87 million free LPG connections were provided to poor households via the high-profile Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY scheme). In India, national data show the share of population relying on biomass and kerosene declining 30 percentage points between 20, with most now using LPG instead. Access rates in 2020 reached 64% in India and 66% in China. The latest data shows promising signs, with 776 million people gaining access since 2010, with China and India accounting for 570 million of the total, thanks to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) programmes and clean air policies. This figure is eleven-times more than number of people who lack access to electricity in this region.
Developing Asia is home to 60% of the global population without access, with 1.5 billion people lacking clean cooking facilities.
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