Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burundi
Burundi: Number of people without access to electricity, per capita was 0.799 people per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burundi, 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 Burundi is 0.799 people per person, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 9.6% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burundi peaked at 0.975 people per person in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.799 people per person, in 2024.
Burundi ranks 5th of 214 countries on this measure, 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 Burundi, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.975 people per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.972 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.969 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.966 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 0.963 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 0.968 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.973 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.953 people per person | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.952 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.946 people per person | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.947 people per person | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.938 people per person | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.935 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.931 people per person | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.93 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.921 people per person | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.915 people per person | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.907 people per person | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.905 people per person | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.902 people per person | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.909 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 0.898 people per person | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.897 people per person | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.884 people per person | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.799 people per person | -9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9637 people per person | 0.946 people per person | 0.975 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9231 people per person | 0.902 people per person | 0.947 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8774 people per person | 0.799 people per person | 0.909 people per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 2 Chad 0.866 people per person compare
- 3 Malawi 0.844 people per person compare
- 4 Central African Republic 0.818 people per person compare
- 6 Niger 0.787 people per person compare
- 7 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.775 people per person compare
- 8 Burkina Faso 0.66 people per person compare
More energy & mining data for Burundi
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.9446 % 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 22.1% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burundi?
- Number of people without access to electricity, per capita in Burundi was 0.799 people per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.975 people per person in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of people without access to electricity, per capita recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.799 people per person in 2024.
- How does Burundi rank for number of people without access to electricity, per capita?
- Burundi ranks 5th out of 214 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of people without access to electricity, per capita rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burundi 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.