Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.66 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso is 0.66 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.7% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.909 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.66 people per person, in 2024.
That places Burkina Faso 8th out of 214 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.909 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.905 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.901 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.886 people per person | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.893 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.889 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.884 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.88 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.875 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 0.874 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.869 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.852 people per person | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 0.849 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.846 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.808 people per person | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 0.838 people per person | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 0.834 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.83 people per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.856 people per person | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.824 people per person | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 0.815 people per person | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.81 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.805 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.783 people per person | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 0.66 people per person | -15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8896 people per person | 0.874 people per person | 0.909 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8406 people per person | 0.808 people per person | 0.869 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7746 people per person | 0.66 people per person | 0.815 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 5 Burundi 0.799 people per person compare
- 6 Niger 0.787 people per person compare
- 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.775 people per person compare
- 9 Liberia 0.651 people per person compare
- 10 Mozambique 0.631 people per person compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 0.608 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Burkina Faso
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 41.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burkina Faso was 0.66 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.909 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.66 people per person in 2024.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 8th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people without access to electricity, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people without access to electricity ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people without access to electricity Data compiled from multiple sources by the World Bank – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people without access to electricity divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.