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30. Proportions (in %) of dwelling units according to the main source of energy for cooking by Province/City of residence
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Table 30 : Proportions (in %) of dwelling units according to the main source of energy for cooking by Province/City of residence |
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Main source of energy for cooking |
KIGALI CITY |
KIGALI NGALI |
GITARAMA |
BUTARE |
GIKONGORO |
CYANGUGU |
KIBUYE |
GISENYI |
RUHENGERI |
BYUMBA |
UMUTARA |
KIBUNGO |
RWANDA |
Total |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
100,0 |
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Electricity |
1,2 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
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Gas |
0,5 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
0,0 |
0,1 |
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Kerosene |
0,5 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,2 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,1 |
0,2 |
0,3 |
0,2 |
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Firewood |
26,6 |
92,9 |
91,3 |
89,5 |
94,7 |
91,4 |
94,9 |
87,3 |
77,8 |
78,9 |
88,9 |
96,2 |
84,4 |
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Charcoal |
65,1 |
2,1 |
2,4 |
3,9 |
1,2 |
2,7 |
1,7 |
6,2 |
3,1 |
1,2 |
2,5 |
1,6 |
7,2 |
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Vegetal materials |
0,3 |
4,0 |
5,2 |
5,6 |
3,1 |
4,6 |
2,4 |
5,5 |
18,2 |
19,0 |
7,1 |
1,0 |
6,8 |
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Other |
4,4 |
0,3 |
0,5 |
0,4 |
0,3 |
0,5 |
0,2 |
0,2 |
0,2 |
0,4 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,6 |
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NS |
1,3 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
0,4 |
0,4 |
0,5 |
0,3 |
0,8 |
0,5 |
0,5 |
Firewood is by far the main source of energy for cooking in Rwanda and is being used by 84.4% of the households. The other sources of energy used for cooking include charcoal (7.2%) and other vegetal materials (6.8%). Even in Kigali City, some 65.1% of the households are found to be using charcoal and 26.6%, wood for cooking . In the capital city, barely 1.2% of households are using electricity for cooking.
In view of the fact that more than 98% of energy for cooking has continued to be drawn from vegetal sources, there is no doubting the fact that the environment in Rwanda is being threatened. The situation in 2002 is even worse than that of 1991 since the proportion of households using electricity for cooking has rather declined from 0.3% (in 1991) to 0.1% (in 2002), while that of households using charcoal has increased phenomenally from 2.9% (in 1991) to 7.2% (in 2002). The proportion of households using firewood has remained high and constant.
See also figure 30.