Share of the population with access to electricity: Burundi
20.1% in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 27 years from 1998 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 | 20.1 |
| 2023 | 11.6 |
| 2022 | 10.3 |
| 2021 | 10.2 |
| 2020 | 9.1 |
| 2019 | 9.8 |
| 2018 | 9.5 |
| 2017 | 9.3 |
| 2016 | 8.5 |
| 2015 | 7.9 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 6.9 |
| 2012 | 6.5 |
| 2011 | 6.2 |
| 2010 | 5.3 |
| 2009 | 5.4 |
| 2008 | 4.8 |
| 2007 | 4.7 |
| 2006 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 3.2 |
| 2004 | 3.7 |
| 2003 | 3.4 |
| 2002 | 3.1 |
| 2001 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 2.5 |
| 1999 | 2.0709493 |
| 1998 | 3.9 |