Share of the population with access to electricity: Burkina Faso
34% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 32 years from 1993 to 2024 are below.
Access to electricity means having an electricity source that can provide very basic lighting, and charge a phone or power a radio for 4 hours per day.
Source: Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (% 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 | 19.2 |
| 2013 | 15.4 |
| 2012 | 15.1 |
| 2011 | 14.8 |
| 2010 | 13.1 |
| 2009 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 12.5 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2006 | 11.6 |
| 2005 | 11.1 |
| 2004 | 10.7 |
| 2003 | 11.4 |
| 2002 | 9.9 |
| 2001 | 9.5 |
| 2000 | 9.1 |
| 1999 | 6.9 |
| 1998 | 8.1072645 |
| 1997 | 7.61714 |
| 1996 | 7.1229362 |
| 1995 | 6.625333 |
| 1994 | 6.12501 |
| 1993 | 6.1 |