Fossil electricity share in Burkina Faso
Oil, gas and coal produced 78.0% of electricity in Burkina Faso in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2000.
Burkina Faso, 2024
78.0%
Change from 2023
−4.2percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in Burkina Faso over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 78.0% | – |
| 2023 | 82.3% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 83.2% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 81.7% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 81.2% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 84.1% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 87.4% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 91.7% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 91.0% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 94.2% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 92.9% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 91.4% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 90.4% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 89.9% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 85.1% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 81.1% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 78.1% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 81.9% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 85.4% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 80.5% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 78.5% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 78.4% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 82.5% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 85.2% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.2 percentage points from 82.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 92.9%, the figure has changed by −14.9 percentage points.