Access to electricity in Burkina Faso
34.0% of people in Burkina Faso had access to electricity in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1993.
Burkina Faso, 2024
34.0%
Change from 2023
+12.3percentage points
World, 2024
91.9%
Position in 2024
208th of 215
Access to electricity in Burkina Faso over time
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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.0% | 91.9% |
| 2023 | 21.7% | 91.6% |
| 2022 | 19.5% | 91.3% |
| 2021 | 19.0% | 91.3% |
| 2020 | 18.5% | 90.4% |
| 2019 | 17.6% | 90.1% |
| 2018 | 14.4% | 89.8% |
| 2017 | 17.0% | 88.9% |
| 2016 | 16.6% | 88.1% |
| 2015 | 16.2% | 86.9% |
| 2014 | 19.2% | 86.2% |
| 2013 | 15.4% | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 15.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | 14.8% | 84.5% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | 83.5% |
| 2009 | 12.6% | 82.9% |
| 2008 | 12.5% | 82.7% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | 82.0% |
| 2006 | 11.6% | 81.4% |
| 2005 | 11.1% | 80.7% |
| 2004 | 10.7% | 80.0% |
| 2003 | 11.4% | 80.0% |
| 2002 | 9.9% | 79.1% |
| 2001 | 9.5% | 78.7% |
| 2000 | 9.1% | 78.2% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +12.3 percentage points from 21.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 19.2%, the figure has changed by +14.8 percentage points.
- Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Burkina Faso has the 208th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.9%.