Internet users in Burkina Faso
28.3% of the population of Burkina Faso used the internet in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Burkina Faso, 2024
28.3%
Change from 2023
+2.9percentage points
World, 2024
71.2%
Position in 2024
167th of 182
Internet users in Burkina Faso over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 73.6% |
| 2024 | 28.3% | 71.2% |
| 2023 | 25.4% | 69.2% |
| 2022 | 25.4% | 67.0% |
| 2021 | 18.2% | 63.8% |
| 2020 | 13.0% | 60.1% |
| 2019 | 9.3% | 53.9% |
| 2018 | 8.5% | 49.4% |
| 2017 | 7.8% | 46.3% |
| 2016 | 7.1% | 43.6% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | 39.9% |
| 2014 | 6.0% | 37.4% |
| 2013 | 5.0% | 35.3% |
| 2012 | 3.7% | 33.3% |
| 2011 | 3.0% | 30.9% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | 28.4% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | 25.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | 22.8% |
| 2007 | 0.8% | 20.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | 17.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | 15.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | – |
| 2003 | 0.4% | – |
| 2002 | 0.2% | – |
| 2001 | 0.2% | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.9 percentage points from 25.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.0%, the figure has changed by +22.3 percentage points.
- Among the 182 countries with data for 2024, Burkina Faso has the 167th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.2%.