Burkina Faso - Electricity Access 2016
16.60%
+0.40pp from 2015
Burkina Faso's electricity access was 16.60% in 2016, increased +0.40pp from 16.20% in 2015. This was the 208th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2016▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aruba | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Andorra | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | United Arab Emirates | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 4th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Australia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Austria | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Azerbaijan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Belgium | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Bahamas, The | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 12th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Barbados | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Canada | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Switzerland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Channel Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Chile | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 19th | China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Curaçao | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Cyprus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Czechia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Germany | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Denmark | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 100.00% | 0.7% |
| 27th | Spain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Estonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Finland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 30th | France | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Faroe Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | United Kingdom | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Georgia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Greece | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Greenland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 37th | Guam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Croatia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Hungary | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Isle of Man | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Ireland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Iceland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Israel | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Italy | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Jordan | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 48th | Japan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Kazakhstan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 50th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Korea | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Liechtenstein | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Luxembourg | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Latvia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 58th | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 59th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 60th | Maldives | 100.00% | 0.2% |
| 61st | North Macedonia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 62nd | Malta | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 64th | New Caledonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 65th | Netherlands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Norway | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 67th | New Zealand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Oman | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Palau | 100.00% | 0.5% |
| 70th | Poland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Portugal | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | West Bank and Gaza | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 74th | French Polynesia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Qatar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 77th | San Marino | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Slovak Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Slovenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Sweden | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Seychelles | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Turkmenistan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 86th | Tunisia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 87th | Türkiye | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Ukraine | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 89th | United States | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 90th | British Virgin Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Virgin Islands (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | European Union | 99.92% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Albania | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 94th | Argentina | 99.90% | 0.2% |
| 95th | Moldova | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Malaysia | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Saudi Arabia | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 98th | Serbia | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Thailand | 99.90% | 0.3% |
| 100th | Uzbekistan | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Armenia | 99.80% | -0.2% |
| 102nd | Lebanon | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 103rd | St. Lucia | 99.80% | 0.8% |
| 104th | Brazil | 99.70% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Iraq | 99.70% | 0.3% |
| 106th | Kyrgyz Republic | 99.70% | 1.0% |
| 107th | Mauritius | 99.70% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Nauru | 99.70% | 0.7% |
| 109th | Uruguay | 99.70% | 0.0% |
| 110th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.70% | 0.3% |
| 111th | Montenegro | 99.60% | 0.1% |
| 112th | Costa Rica | 99.50% | 0.1% |
| 113th | Mexico | 99.50% | 0.5% |
| 114th | Algeria | 99.40% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Russian Federation | 99.40% | 4.1% |
| 116th | Bhutan | 99.30% | 4.1% |
| 117th | Tajikistan | 99.30% | 1.3% |
| 118th | Cuba | 99.20% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Viet Nam | 99.20% | -0.1% |
| 120th | Romania | 99.10% | 0.3% |
| 121st | Dominican Republic | 98.90% | 0.3% |
| 122nd | Samoa | 98.90% | 0.7% |
| 123rd | Ecuador | 98.70% | -0.1% |
| 124th | Colombia | 98.40% | 0.2% |
| 125th | Paraguay | 98.40% | -0.9% |
| 126th | Belarus | 98.00% | 0.6% |
| 127th | Dominica | 97.80% | 1.1% |
| 128th | Morocco | 97.80% | 0.5% |
| 129th | Afghanistan | 97.70% | 36.6% |
| 130th | Indonesia | 97.60% | 0.1% |
| 131st | Sri Lanka | 97.50% | 3.4% |
| 132nd | Bulgaria | 97.30% | 0.7% |
| 133rd | Tuvalu | 97.30% | -0.8% |
| 134th | Tonga | 97.00% | -3.0% |
| 135th | Jamaica | 96.60% | 1.8% |
| 136th | El Salvador | 96.00% | 0.6% |
| 137th | Suriname | 95.80% | 0.8% |
| 138th | Peru | 94.20% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Fiji | 93.40% | 0.2% |
| 140th | Belize | 93.30% | 1.6% |
| 141st | Marshall Islands | 92.70% | 0.7% |
| 142nd | Kiribati | 92.60% | 2.2% |
| 143rd | Panama | 92.40% | 0.9% |
| 144th | Philippines | 92.00% | 3.3% |
| 145th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 91.80% | 0.3% |
| 146th | Grenada | 91.80% | 0.4% |
| 147th | Guatemala | 91.80% | 1.4% |
| 148th | Pakistan | 91.80% | 0.9% |
| 149th | Honduras | 91.60% | 1.8% |
| 150th | Mongolia | 90.80% | 3.2% |
| 151st | Nepal | 90.70% | 10.6% |
| 152nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 89.80% | -0.2% |
| 153rd | India | 89.60% | 1.8% |
| 154th | Guyana | 89.00% | 1.1% |
| 155th | Lao PDR | 89.00% | -0.8% |
| 156th | Gabon | 88.10% | 0.9% |
| 157th | Cabo Verde | 87.50% | 1.3% |
| 158th | Nicaragua | 83.90% | 0.8% |
| 159th | South Africa | 83.90% | -1.6% |
| 160th | Ghana | 79.30% | 7.2% |
| 161st | Timor-Leste | 76.50% | 13.7% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 76.40% | 3.1% |
| 163rd | Bangladesh | 75.90% | 2.6% |
| 164th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 74.80% | 2.5% |
| 165th | Libya | 72.20% | -2.2% |
| 166th | São Tomé and Principe | 69.40% | 3.1% |
| 167th | Yemen, Republic of | 68.90% | 2.2% |
| 168th | Cambodia | 68.80% | 9.7% |
| 169th | Equatorial Guinea | 66.20% | 0.2% |
| 170th | Senegal | 64.50% | 6.6% |
| 171st | Côte d'Ivoire | 64.30% | 2.7% |
| 172nd | Botswana | 64.20% | 3.4% |
| 173rd | Eswatini | 63.40% | -1.1% |
| 174th | Cameroon | 59.80% | 2.0% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 59.80% | 1.2% |
| 176th | Nigeria | 59.30% | 13.0% |
| 177th | Solomon Islands | 58.20% | 5.6% |
| 178th | Vanuatu | 57.80% | 10.5% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 56.40% | 3.1% |
| 180th | Myanmar | 55.60% | -8.1% |
| 181st | Kenya | 53.10% | 27.6% |
| 182nd | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 51.10% | -0.2% |
| 183rd | Sudan | 50.50% | 5.2% |
| 184th | Namibia | 49.70% | -3.7% |
| 185th | Eritrea | 46.90% | 2.4% |
| 186th | Togo | 46.80% | 4.7% |
| 187th | Congo, Republic of | 45.30% | 2.3% |
| 188th | Zimbabwe | 42.50% | 26.1% |
| 189th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 42.10% | 5.3% |
| 190th | Angola | 41.80% | -0.5% |
| 191st | Mauritania | 41.20% | 4.3% |
| 192nd | Haiti | 40.40% | -1.0% |
| 193rd | Mali | 38.80% | 3.2% |
| 194th | Benin | 37.00% | 25.0% |
| 195th | Zambia | 35.40% | 13.8% |
| 196th | Lesotho | 35.10% | 10.4% |
| 197th | Guinea | 33.50% | -4.0% |
| 198th | Tanzania | 32.80% | 25.2% |
| 199th | Rwanda | 29.40% | 28.9% |
| 200th | Uganda | 26.70% | 44.3% |
| 201st | Mozambique | 26.20% | 9.2% |
| 202nd | Guinea-Bissau | 22.90% | 13.9% |
| 203rd | Madagascar | 22.90% | -3.8% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 20.30% | 3.0% |
| 205th | Liberia | 17.70% | 16.4% |
| 206th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 17.30% | 4.2% |
| 207th | Niger | 17.00% | 2.4% |
| 208th | Burkina Faso | 16.60% | 2.5% |
| 209th | Papua New Guinea | 13.50% | -26.6% |
| 210th | Central African Republic | 13.40% | 5.5% |
| 211th | Malawi | 11.00% | 1.9% |
| 212th | Chad | 9.20% | 19.5% |
| 213th | Burundi | 8.50% | 7.6% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 5.30% | 10.4% |
FAQ
What was Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2016?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2016 was 16.60%. This ranked 208th globally.
How did Burkina Faso's electricity access change in 2016?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access increased by 2.5% in 2016 compared to 2015.
Which country had the highest electricity access in 2016?▾
Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2016 at 100.00%.
What is the electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2016?▾
The electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2016 was 16.60%. This ranked 208th globally.
How does 2016 compare to 2015 for Burkina Faso's electricity access?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access went from 16.20% in 2015 to 16.60% in 2016, a 2.5% increase.
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