Burkina Faso - Electricity Access 2018
14.40%
−2.60pp from 2017
Burkina Faso's electricity access was 14.40% in 2018, decreased +2.60pp from 17.00% in 2017. This was the 211th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aruba | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Albania | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Argentina | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Australia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Austria | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Azerbaijan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Belgium | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Bahamas, The | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Barbados | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Brunei Darussalam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Bhutan | 100.00% | 2.4% |
| 18th | Canada | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Switzerland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Chile | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 22nd | China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Curaçao | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 24th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Cyprus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Czechia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 27th | Germany | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 28th | Denmark | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Spain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Estonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Finland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | France | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Faroe Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 35th | United Kingdom | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 36th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 37th | Greece | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Greenland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Guam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 40th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Croatia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Isle of Man | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Ireland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 46th | Iceland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Israel | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Italy | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Japan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Kazakhstan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Kyrgyz Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | St. Kitts and Nevis | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Korea | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 55th | St. Lucia | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 56th | Liechtenstein | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Lithuania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Luxembourg | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 59th | Latvia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 60th | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 61st | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Moldova | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 64th | Maldives | 100.00% | 0.2% |
| 65th | Malta | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | Montenegro | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Malaysia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 69th | New Caledonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Netherlands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Norway | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | New Zealand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Oman | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Palau | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Poland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Portugal | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 78th | West Bank and Gaza | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 79th | French Polynesia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Qatar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Russian Federation | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 82nd | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | San Marino | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Serbia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Slovak Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Sweden | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Seychelles | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 90th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Turkmenistan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Türkiye | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Ukraine | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 95th | United States | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 96th | Uzbekistan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 97th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 98th | British Virgin Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Virgin Islands (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Viet Nam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 101st | European Union | 99.97% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Armenia | 99.90% | 0.2% |
| 103rd | Georgia | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 104th | Iraq | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Jordan | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 106th | Nauru | 99.90% | 0.1% |
| 107th | Saudi Arabia | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 108th | North Macedonia | 99.80% | -0.2% |
| 109th | Mauritius | 99.80% | 0.2% |
| 110th | Romania | 99.80% | -0.2% |
| 111th | Thailand | 99.80% | -0.1% |
| 112th | Tunisia | 99.80% | -0.2% |
| 113th | Uruguay | 99.80% | 0.0% |
| 114th | Samoa | 99.80% | 3.1% |
| 115th | Brazil | 99.70% | -0.1% |
| 116th | Costa Rica | 99.70% | 0.1% |
| 117th | Lebanon | 99.70% | -0.2% |
| 118th | Cuba | 99.60% | 0.2% |
| 119th | Dominica | 99.60% | 0.7% |
| 120th | Algeria | 99.60% | 0.1% |
| 121st | Sri Lanka | 99.60% | 2.2% |
| 122nd | Paraguay | 99.60% | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Mexico | 99.50% | -0.5% |
| 124th | Belarus | 99.30% | 0.6% |
| 125th | Tajikistan | 99.30% | 0.0% |
| 126th | Tonga | 99.00% | 0.8% |
| 127th | Tuvalu | 99.00% | 0.3% |
| 128th | Dominican Republic | 98.90% | -1.1% |
| 129th | Bulgaria | 98.70% | 0.6% |
| 130th | Ecuador | 98.70% | -0.5% |
| 131st | Colombia | 98.50% | 0.0% |
| 132nd | Indonesia | 98.50% | 0.4% |
| 133rd | Jamaica | 98.20% | 0.8% |
| 134th | Morocco | 98.10% | -1.9% |
| 135th | Mongolia | 98.10% | 4.8% |
| 136th | Suriname | 97.40% | 0.8% |
| 137th | El Salvador | 97.00% | 0.2% |
| 138th | India | 95.70% | 4.2% |
| 139th | Marshall Islands | 95.30% | 1.6% |
| 140th | Peru | 95.20% | 0.4% |
| 141st | Fiji | 95.10% | -0.9% |
| 142nd | Guatemala | 94.20% | 1.0% |
| 143rd | Philippines | 94.20% | 1.3% |
| 144th | Nepal | 93.90% | 8.4% |
| 145th | Panama | 93.80% | 0.1% |
| 146th | Afghanistan | 93.40% | -4.4% |
| 147th | Pakistan | 93.40% | 0.8% |
| 148th | Lao PDR | 92.90% | -0.7% |
| 149th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 92.80% | 1.1% |
| 150th | Grenada | 92.30% | 0.1% |
| 151st | Belize | 91.70% | -2.7% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 91.60% | 5.9% |
| 153rd | Guyana | 90.90% | 1.0% |
| 154th | Cabo Verde | 90.20% | 1.8% |
| 155th | Gabon | 89.60% | 3.8% |
| 156th | Kiribati | 87.50% | 2.1% |
| 157th | Bangladesh | 86.90% | -1.2% |
| 158th | Syrian Arab Republic | 86.00% | -4.0% |
| 159th | Nicaragua | 85.20% | 0.7% |
| 160th | Timor-Leste | 85.20% | 7.2% |
| 161st | South Africa | 84.70% | 0.4% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 81.00% | 2.9% |
| 163rd | Cambodia | 80.70% | -9.4% |
| 164th | Ghana | 80.40% | 1.8% |
| 165th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 78.30% | 2.4% |
| 166th | Eswatini | 74.00% | 0.7% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 71.00% | -4.4% |
| 168th | Botswana | 68.30% | 1.3% |
| 169th | Côte d'Ivoire | 67.10% | 2.3% |
| 170th | Libya | 67.00% | -5.1% |
| 171st | Equatorial Guinea | 66.50% | 0.2% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | 66.10% | -5.3% |
| 173rd | Senegal | 66.00% | 7.0% |
| 174th | Solomon Islands | 65.80% | 4.6% |
| 175th | Djibouti | 62.40% | 3.7% |
| 176th | Cameroon | 62.20% | 2.1% |
| 177th | Yemen, Republic of | 62.00% | -21.7% |
| 178th | Vanuatu | 61.60% | -1.9% |
| 179th | Kenya | 61.20% | 9.7% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 60.30% | 7.3% |
| 181st | Nigeria | 56.50% | 3.9% |
| 182nd | Sudan | 55.30% | 4.3% |
| 183rd | Namibia | 52.30% | -0.4% |
| 184th | Mali | 50.90% | 46.3% |
| 185th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 50.70% | -2.7% |
| 186th | Togo | 50.00% | 4.2% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 49.10% | 2.3% |
| 188th | Congo, Republic of | 47.00% | 1.7% |
| 189th | Lesotho | 47.00% | 39.5% |
| 190th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 46.30% | 4.8% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | 45.40% | 3.2% |
| 192nd | Angola | 45.30% | 5.6% |
| 193rd | Guinea | 45.00% | 27.1% |
| 194th | Haiti | 44.40% | 2.5% |
| 195th | Mauritania | 43.60% | 1.6% |
| 196th | Uganda | 41.90% | 29.3% |
| 197th | Zambia | 40.20% | -0.2% |
| 198th | Benin | 39.00% | 13.0% |
| 199th | Rwanda | 38.00% | 11.4% |
| 200th | Madagascar | 36.50% | 51.5% |
| 201st | Tanzania | 34.90% | 8.7% |
| 202nd | Mozambique | 31.10% | 28.0% |
| 203rd | Guinea-Bissau | 28.40% | 9.2% |
| 204th | Sierra Leone | 26.10% | 11.5% |
| 205th | Liberia | 22.80% | -5.8% |
| 206th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 18.70% | 3.9% |
| 207th | Malawi | 18.00% | 41.7% |
| 208th | Niger | 17.60% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Papua New Guinea | 16.60% | -13.5% |
| 210th | Central African Republic | 14.60% | 3.5% |
| 211th | Burkina Faso | 14.40% | -15.3% |
| 212th | Chad | 10.10% | -7.3% |
| 213th | Burundi | 9.50% | 2.2% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 6.30% | 50.0% |
FAQ
What was Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2018?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2018 was 14.40%. This ranked 211th globally.
How did Burkina Faso's electricity access change in 2018?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access decreased by 15.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest electricity access in 2018?▾
Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2018 at 100.00%.
What is the electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2018?▾
The electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2018 was 14.40%. This ranked 211th globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Burkina Faso's electricity access?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access went from 17.00% in 2017 to 14.40% in 2018, a 15.3% decrease.
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