Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone: Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita
Burkina Faso
0.34 units per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.392 units per person
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
207th
Sierra Leone rank
204th
Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.392 units per person against 0.34 units per person in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.052 units per person.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 207th and Sierra Leone ranks 204th of 214 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.1104 units per person | 0.1153 units per person | 0.0049 units per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.1594 units per person | 0.1874 units per person | 0.028 units per person | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.2254 units per person | 0.3158 units per person | 0.0904 units per person | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people with and without electricity access, per capita, Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.392 units per person against 0.34 units per person in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of people with and without electricity access, per capita between Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 0.052 units per person, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone rank globally for number of people with and without electricity access, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 207th and Sierra Leone ranks 204th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Number of people with and without electricity access, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people with and without electricity access divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.