Burkina Faso
Access to electricity in Burkina Faso
Access to electricity in Burkina Faso: 6.1% in 1993 and 34% in 2024, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 34%
- Since 1993
- +27.9 percentage points
- Rank, 2024
- 206 of 213
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 91.9%
% of people · World Bank
Every year
% of people · World Bank
| Year | Burkina Faso | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34 | 91.9 |
| 2023 | 21.7 | 91.6 |
| 2022 | 19.5 | 91.3 |
| 2021 | 19 | 91.3 |
| 2020 | 18.5 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | 17.6 | 90.1 |
| 2018 | 14.4 | 89.8 |
| 2017 | 17 | 88.9 |
| 2016 | 16.6 | 88.1 |
| 2015 | 16.2 | 86.9 |
| 2014 | 19.2 | 86.2 |
| 2013 | 15.4 | 85.7 |
| 2012 | 15.1 | 84.9 |
| 2011 | 14.8 | 84.5 |
| 2010 | 13.1 | 83.5 |
| 2009 | 12.6 | 82.9 |
| 2008 | 12.5 | 82.7 |
| 2007 | 12 | 82 |
| 2006 | 11.6 | 81.4 |
| 2005 | 11.1 | 80.7 |
| 2004 | 10.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | 11.4 | 80 |
| 2002 | 9.9 | 79.1 |
| 2001 | 9.5 | 78.7 |
| 2000 | 9.1 | 78.2 |
| 1999 | 6.9 | 74.5 |
| 1998 | 8.1 | 73.2 |
| 1997 | 7.6 | – |
| 1996 | 7.1 | – |
| 1995 | 6.6 | – |
| 1994 | 6.1 | – |
| 1993 | 6.1 | – |
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.
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Burkina Faso in numbers
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Military
- Military spending3.3% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$844M in 2025
- Military spending per person$37 in 2025
- Military share of state spending13.2% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel11,000 people in 2020
- National power0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.12% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports34 million TIV in 2025