Burkina Faso's access to electricity (% of population) was 34% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 14.8 percentage points from 19.2% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 34% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 17.6% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 19.2% | 2014 |
| Highest | 34% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 6.1% | 1993 |
| Average since 2015 | 19.45% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 6.1% | 1993 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Burkina Faso's access to electricity (% of population) rose 12.3 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.7% to 34%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 8.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.3 percentage points in 2024 and the biggest yearly fall was 3 percentage points in 2015. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.35 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 56% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Burkina Faso had the 208th highest value of the 215 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 34% | 2024 |
| World | 91.93% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 55.11% | 2024 |
| Low income | 48.8% | 2024 |
Closest to Burkina Faso in the 2024 ranking
- Sierra Leone — 205th of 215: 39.2%
- Mozambique — 206th of 215: 36.9%
- Liberia — 207th of 215: 34.9%
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 209th of 215: 22.5%
- Niger — 210th of 215: 21.3%
- Burundi — 211th of 215: 20.1%
What this measures
Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a population-weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Access to electricity (% of population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2023 | 21.7 |
| 2022 | 19.5 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2020 | 18.5 |
| 2019 | 17.6 |
| 2018 | 14.4 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2016 | 16.6 |
| 2015 | 16.2 |
| 2014 |
Access to electricity (% of population) in nearby economies
- Angola — 55.5% (2024)
- Benin — 59% (2024)
- Botswana — 80.2% (2024)
- Burundi — 20.1% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 98.4% (2024)
- Cameroon — 72% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 18.2% (2024)
- Chad — 13.4% (2024)
- Comoros — 91.7% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 22.5% (2024)
- Congo, Rep.
More environment data for Burkina Faso
- Population in largest city — 3.52 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 50.56% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 3.52 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 14.62% (2025)
- Rural population — 17.11 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 71.08% (2025)
- Urban population — 6.96 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 28.92% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1,293 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Burkina Faso's access to electricity (% of population)?
- 34% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1993?
- It is up 27.9 percentage points from 6.1% in 1993. The highest value was 34% in 2024 and the lowest 6.1% in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank?
- 208th highest of 215 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in access to electricity (% of population) unusual for Burkina Faso?
- In 2024, Burkina Faso's access to electricity (% of population) rose 12.3 percentage points on 2023 (from 21.7% to 34%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.36 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 8.7 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: SDG 7.1.1 Electrification Dataset, World Bank (WB), uri: https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/downloads, note: Data is downloaded from ESMAP website. Data is released when a new Tracking SDG7 report is released., publisher: World Bank (WB), date accessed: 2024-05-16, date published: 2023 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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