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But you probably didn’t realize how many people are rich enough to afford that.","They probably didn’t realize how many people are now rich enough to buy smokeless stoves.","Source: WHO","\nThe data from the WHO is compiled using surveys and, where data is unavailable for a certain year, it is modeled. It also doesn’t take into account that households may have access to clean fuels but don’t use them because of their high costs. Also, homes that report using clean fuels may continue to use biomass as secondary energy sources. The data uncertainties are why we created large differences between our three options and used “around 70%” instead of an exact number. We also consulted three independent experts who agreed that the correct answer in our question and the source of the data represent the most accurate picture of how things are when it comes to the use of clean cooking fuels and technology in the world.\n\n[1]  [WHO - Tracking SDG 7 website](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fresults?p=Access_to_Clean_Cooking&i=Clean_cooking_access_rate_for_Total_area_(%25)) \n\n[2]  [2023 Tracking SDG 7 Report (p.69)](https:\u002F\u002Ftrackingsdg7.esmap.org\u002Fdownloads)\n\n[3]  [WHO - Population with primary reliance on clean fuels and technologies.\nData by country](https:\u002F\u002Fdata.worldbank.org\u002Findicator\u002FEG.CFT.ACCS.ZS)  \n","Historically everyone cooked over open fires, but as many got richer and stove technology improved, more and more started cooking in safer, more efficient ways with cooking fuels like gas and on stoves that were electric. But most people think a majority still cook over an open fire. \n\nThe false idea that most other people live under primitive conditions is ruining our ability to collaborate with other countries. In reality, most countries have modernized faster than people can imagine. \n\nIt’s time we start realizing that almost everyone now has a modern lifestyle. That last share of people in extreme poverty - who are living in huts and breathing in smoke from their earliest years and dying of preventable pneumonia - they also dream of having a healthier, modern life.\n\n### Why are stoves that produce smoke a problem?\nThere are two main reasons. The first, is that it is hugely damaging to people’s health. Millions die every year from the effects of household air pollution and it particularly impacts women, children and the elderly as they are more likely to be indoors. The second reason is environmental. The people who cook their food over a fire (mainly using charcoal) are actually the main users of so-called “traditional bioenergy” which is often considered a renewable energy. That energy isn’t renewable unless the forest is replanted, which mostly isn’t the case. Those people are fewer than most believe and in the energy transition we need to realize who is using what kind of energy for what purpose, so that we can better plan for a realistic change.\n\n### Why are people wrong?\nIn the media, there’s an overrepresentation of images from other countries showing people living in traditional ways as this is often romanticized as a preferable way of living compared to a modern way of life in cities. Very seldom do the media show a regular kitchen from Latin America or Africa, and instead the images of indigenous, traditional ways of living are what is imagined when people are asked about life in other places. To compensate for these stereotypes, Gapminder has collected thousands of photos of everyday life across the world, to show what life actually looks like, which fits much better with the statistics. They reveal the world as it actually is - that most people have basic modern solutions for core home functions.\n\n### What stoves are not considered clean and why?\nIt refers to fuel type and technology. So, as well as open fires, it includes the use of traditional stoves with fuels like biomass, coal, and kerosene. When fuels such as these are burnt in houses with poor ventilation, emissions can be up to 100 times higher than what the WHO recommends to be safe.\n\n### Discover more\n\nRead more about indoor air pollution at [Our World In Data](https:\u002F\u002Fourworldindata.org\u002Findoor-air-pollution#:~:text=The%20world%20is%20making%20progress,of%20solid%20fuels%20for%20cooking)\n\nExplore stoves across different income levels on [Dollar Street](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Fdollar-street\u002F?topic=stoves&media=image)\n\nExplore kitchens across different income levels on [Dollar Street](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gapminder.org\u002Fdollar-street\u002F?topic=kitchens&media=image)\n","Smoky stoves are so 1900!"]