Access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Access to electricity urban vs rural was 87.8 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso, 1993–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 87.8 for access to electricity urban vs rural in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 40.3% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso peaked at 87.8 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 29.4, in 1993.
That places Burkina Faso 182nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 29.4 | — |
| 1994 | 33.44 | +13.7% |
| 1995 | 34.63 | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 35.81 | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 36.98 | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 38.12 | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 39.7 | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 40.4 | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 41.5 | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 42.6 | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 52.4 | +23.0% |
| 2004 | 44.8 | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 45.9 | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 47 | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 48.2 | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 49.4 | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 44.4 | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 48.5 | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 53.1 | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 54.3 | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 55.5 | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 58.4 | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 58.2 | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 59.7 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 61.4 | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 62.3 | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 64.6 | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 66.1 | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 67.6 | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 60.5 | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 62.6 | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 87.8 | +40.3% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 87.8 is above the median for low income countries, which is 77, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 87.8 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 85.35, 1.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +40.3% | 62.6 | 87.8 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.44 | 29.4 | 39.7 | 7 |
| 2000s | 45.66 | 40.4 | 52.4 | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.6 | 48.5 | 64.6 | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.92 | 60.5 | 87.8 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More energy & mining data for Burkina Faso
- Ores and metals imports 0.4% (2024)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Gas production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso?
- Access to electricity urban vs rural in Burkina Faso was 87.8 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest access to electricity urban vs rural recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 87.8 in 2024.
- What is the lowest access to electricity urban vs rural recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.4 in 1993.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for access to electricity urban vs rural?
- Burkina Faso ranks 182nd out of 212 countries with data for 2024.
- Is access to electricity urban vs rural rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Access to electricity urban vs rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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