Burkina Faso vs Sudan: Internet users
Internet users: 28.3% in Burkina Faso in 2024 and 18.6% in Sudan in 2017, by ITU estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Sudan, by 10.8 percentage points, or 2.39 times that in Burkina Faso.
Burkina FasoSudan
Watch it change on the mapLatest figures
% of people · ITU
| Country | Latest | 10 years before | Rank in 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 28.3 2024 | 6 | 167 of 182 |
| Sudan | 18.6 2017 | 8.7 | — |
| World | 73.6 2025 | 39.9 |
What the numbers say
- Sudan has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Burkina Faso.
- The world as a whole: 46.3% in 2017.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Burkina Faso | Sudan | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 28.3 | – | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 25.4 | – | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 25.4 | – | 67 |
| 2021 | 18.2 | – | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 13 | – | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 9.3 | – | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 8.5 | – | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 7.8 | 18.6 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 7.1 | 14.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 6.5 | 12 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 6 | – | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 5 | – | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 3.7 | – | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 3 | – | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 2.4 | – | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 1.1 | – | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 0.9 | – | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 0.8 | 8.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 0.6 | – | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 0.5 | – | 15.6 |
| 2004 | 0.4 | 0.8 | – |
| 2003 | 0.4 | 0.5 | – |
| 2002 | 0.2 | 0.4 | – |
| 2001 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 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