Burkina Faso Electricity Access 1993-2024

Access to electricity is the percentage of population with access to electricity. Electrification data are collected from industry, national surveys and international sources.
  • Burkina Faso electricity access for 2022 was 19.50%, a 0.5% increase from 2021.
  • Burkina Faso electricity access for 2021 was 19.00%, a 0.5% increase from 2020.
  • Burkina Faso electricity access for 2020 was 18.50%, a 0.9% increase from 2019.
  • Burkina Faso electricity access for 2019 was 17.60%, a 3.2% increase from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Senegal 67.90%
Gambia 65.40%
Togo 57.20%
Benin 56.50%
Eritrea 55.40%
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Mali 53.00%
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Haiti 49.30%
Somalia 48.90%
Guinea 47.70%
Uganda 47.10%
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Madagascar 36.10%
Mozambique 33.20%
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Sierra Leone 29.40%
Democratic Republic of Congo 21.50%
Niger 19.50%
Burkina Faso 19.50%
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Malawi 14.00%
Chad 11.70%
Burundi 10.30%
South Sudan 8.40%
Burkina Faso Electricity Access - Historical Data
Year % of Population Annual Change
2022 19.50% 0.50%
2021 19.00% 0.50%
2020 18.50% 0.90%
2019 17.60% 3.20%
2018 14.40% -2.60%
2017 17.00% 0.40%
2016 16.60% 0.40%
2015 16.20% -3.00%
2014 19.20% 3.80%
2013 15.40% 0.30%
2012 15.10% 0.30%
2011 14.80% 1.70%
2010 13.10% 0.50%
2009 12.60% 0.10%
2008 12.50% 0.50%
2007 12.00% 0.40%
2006 11.60% 0.50%
2005 11.10% 0.40%
2004 10.70% -0.70%
2003 11.40% 1.50%
2002 9.90% 0.40%
2001 9.50% 0.40%
2000 9.10% 2.20%
1999 6.90% -1.21%
1998 8.11% 0.49%
1997 7.62% 0.49%
1996 7.12% 0.50%
1995 6.63% 0.50%
1994 6.13% 0.03%
1993 6.10% 0.03%