Fossil electricity share in Burundi

Oil, gas and coal produced 38.7% of electricity in Burundi in 2021. The value for 2021 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: Electricity from oil, gas and coal Unit: % of total electricity production Data: 2000 to 2021 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2021 38.7% % of total electricity production
Change from 2020 +9.0percentage points 2020: 29.7%
World, 2021 61.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2021 141st of 207 See the full ranking

Fossil electricity share in Burundi 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.

Electricity from oil, gas and coal (% of total electricity production), 2001 to 2023
Period BurundiWorld
2023 – 48.7%
2022 – 60.7%
2021 38.7% 61.5%
2020 29.7% 61.4%
2019 22.6% 62.9%
2018 17.7% 64.1%
2017 15.9% 64.7%
2016 11.7% 65.3%
2015 13.9% 66.1%
2014 14.6% 66.7%
2013 11.9% 67.1%
2012 1.9% 67.7%
2011 8.2% 67.8%
2010 11.5% 66.9%
2009 2.9% 66.6%
2008 0.0% 67.3%
2007 0.0% 67.7%
2006 0.0% 66.5%
2005 0.0% 66.1%
2004 0.0% 65.8%
2003 0.0% 66.1%
2002 0.0% 64.9%
2001 0.0% 64.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +9.0 percentage points from 29.7% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by +30.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 207 countries with data for 2021, Burundi has the 141st highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2021 was 61.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2021 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency