Solar cookers around the world mean healthy people and healthy environments
An estimated 4.8+ million solar cookers...and counting means:
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21.7 million people are directly impacted by solar cooking (approximately the population of Malawi; Sri Lanka; or Florida, U.S., each)
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If all 4.8+ million cookers were in use simultaneously, they could prevent approximately 7.2 million metric tons of CO₂e annually. This is equal to taking more than 1.5 million cars off the road
Countries can save millions, even billions of dollars annually, through avoided health and environmental costs by including solar cooking in their cooking practices. If everyone currently cooking with polluting fuels cooked with solar cookers ¼ of the time, over 1 trillion dollars could be saved annually across the globe.
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Solar Cookers International (SCI), as leader and convener of the global solar cooking sector, gathers and analyzes solar cooking data. SCI delivers this evidence base to policy makers and the public to demonstrate the advantages of solar cooking.
Your data is essential to give global leaders the evidence they need to understand the impact solar cooking can have for households, communities, and nations.
If you would like to learn more about the solar cooking efforts in a certain country, visit the Countries Wiki page at: https://solarcooking.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Countries
Is your data missing? Take 20 minutes to contribute to the evidence base.
How to enter your data:
1. Identify the quantity, type, and approximate location of all known solar cookers you have distributed that are not already included on the map.
2. Include solar cookers made, sold, subsidized, and/or distributed free of cost.
3. Update your information often - at least annually to improve the global evidence base for solar cooking.
The map shows the locations where solar cookers have been distributed. If exact locations were unavailable or difficult to represent, the nearest city or the country’s capital was used instead.
The data shown are largely self-reported and drawn from partner submissions, surveys, the Solar Cooking Wiki, published articles, and project reports dating back to 1977. Some cookers listed may no longer be in use. SCI includes all reported solar cookers on the map to provide a complete historical record and to highlight the scale of global interest and collective progress in solar cooking over time.
Additionally, there may be more solar cookers that exist and aren't on this map, which could underrepresent the total number of known solar cookers. Because reporting is voluntary, the map is not comprehensive — we depend on you to help improve it. If your organization manufactures or distributes solar cookers, please share your data and encourage others to do the same.