Burkina Faso vs Cameroon
Burkina Faso vs Cameroon: Access to electricity
Access to electricity in 2024: 34% in Burkina Faso and 72% in Cameroon, by World Bank estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cameroon, by 38 percentage points, or 2.12 times that in Burkina Faso.
% of people · World Bank
What the numbers say
- Cameroon has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 91.9% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | 72 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 21.7 | 72 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 19.5 | 71 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 19 | 65.4 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 18.5 | 64.3 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 17.6 | 63.2 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 14.4 | 62.2 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 17 | 60.9 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 16.6 | 59.8 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.2 | 58.6 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 19.2 | 56.8 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.4 | 56.3 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.1 | 55.2 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 14.8 | 53.7 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13.1 | 52.8 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.6 | 51.7 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 50.6 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 12 | 48.2 | 82 |
| 2006 | 11.6 | 49 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 11.1 | 47.2 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 10.7 | 47.1 | 80 |
| 2003 | 11.4 | 45.1 | 80 |
| 2002 | 9.9 | 44 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 9.5 | 46.2 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 9.1 | 41 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 6.9 | 40.7 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 8.1 | 40.7 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 7.6 | 38.4 | – |
| 1996 | 7.1 | 37.3 | – |
| 1995 | 6.6 | 36.2 | – |
| 1994 | 6.1 | 35 | – |
| 1993 | 6.1 | 33.9 | – |
| 1992 | – | 32.7 | – |
| 1991 | – | 29 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people with access to electricity, from national surveys and the power industry.
- Source: Tracking SDG 7 (World Bank ESMAP), via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 213 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Burkina Faso vs Cameroon
Health
- Life expectancyBurkina Faso: 61.1 years in 2023Cameroon: 63.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityBurkina Faso: 7.5 per 100 live births in 2024Cameroon: 6.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityBurkina Faso: 52.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cameroon: 47.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBurkina Faso: 3.69% in 2017Cameroon: 3.75% in 2017
- Suicide rateBurkina Faso: 13.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Cameroon: 14 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBurkina Faso: 23 million people in 2023Cameroon: 28.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthBurkina Faso: 2.26% a year in 2023Cameroon: 2.64% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBurkina Faso: 4.19 births per woman in 2023Cameroon: 4.32 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBurkina Faso: 28.9% in 2025Cameroon: 55.7% in 2025
- Median ageBurkina Faso: 17.3 years in 2023Cameroon: 17.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBurkina Faso: 2.6% in 2023Cameroon: 2.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateBurkina Faso: -1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Cameroon: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBurkina Faso: 3.3% of GDP in 2025Cameroon: 1.06% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsBurkina Faso: $844M in 2025Cameroon: $580M in 2025
- Military spending per personBurkina Faso: $37 in 2025Cameroon: $21 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingBurkina Faso: 13.2% of government spending in 2025Cameroon: 6.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelBurkina Faso: 11,000 people in 2020Cameroon: 34,000 people in 2020
- National powerBurkina Faso: 0.09% of world capability in 2022Cameroon: 0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBurkina Faso: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020Cameroon: 0.34% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBurkina Faso: 34 million TIV in 2025Cameroon: 2 million TIV in 2023