Burkina Faso - Electricity Access 2021
19.00%
+0.50pp from 2020
Burkina Faso's electricity access was 19.00% in 2021, increased +0.50pp from 18.50% in 2020. This was the 208th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2021▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aruba | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 2nd | Albania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Andorra | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 4th | United Arab Emirates | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Argentina | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 6th | Armenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 7th | Antigua and Barbuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Australia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Austria | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 10th | Azerbaijan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 11th | Belgium | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Bahrain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 13th | Bahamas, The | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Belarus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 16th | Bermuda | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 17th | Barbados | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 18th | Brunei Darussalam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Bhutan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Canada | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 21st | Switzerland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 22nd | Channel Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Chile | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 24th | China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 25th | Colombia | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 26th | Costa Rica | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 27th | Cuba | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 28th | Curaçao | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 29th | Cayman Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 30th | Cyprus | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 31st | Czechia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 32nd | Germany | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Dominica | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 34th | Denmark | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 35th | Ecuador | 100.00% | 1.1% |
| 36th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 37th | Spain | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 38th | Estonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 39th | Finland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 40th | France | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 41st | Faroe Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 42nd | United Kingdom | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 43rd | Georgia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 44th | Gibraltar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 45th | Greece | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Greenland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Guam | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Croatia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Hungary | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 51st | Isle of Man | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Ireland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 53rd | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 54th | Iraq | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Iceland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 56th | Israel | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 57th | Italy | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 58th | Jamaica | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 59th | Japan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 60th | Kazakhstan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 61st | St. Kitts and Nevis | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 62nd | Korea | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 63rd | Kuwait | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 64th | Lao PDR | 100.00% | 0.7% |
| 65th | Lebanon | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 66th | St. Lucia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 67th | Liechtenstein | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Sri Lanka | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 69th | Lithuania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 70th | Luxembourg | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Latvia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Macao SAR, China | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | St. Martin (French part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Morocco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Monaco | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 76th | Moldova | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 77th | Maldives | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 78th | Mexico | 100.00% | 0.6% |
| 79th | North Macedonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 80th | Malta | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 81st | Mongolia | 100.00% | 0.5% |
| 82nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Malaysia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 84th | New Caledonia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Netherlands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 86th | Norway | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 87th | Nauru | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 88th | New Zealand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 89th | Oman | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 90th | Palau | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 91st | Poland | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 92nd | Puerto Rico (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Portugal | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 94th | Paraguay | 100.00% | 0.3% |
| 95th | West Bank and Gaza | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 96th | French Polynesia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Qatar | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 98th | Romania | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 99th | Russian Federation | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 100th | Saudi Arabia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 101st | Singapore | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | San Marino | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 103rd | Serbia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 104th | Slovak Republic | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 105th | Slovenia | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 106th | Sweden | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 108th | Seychelles | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 100.00% | 0.6% |
| 110th | Thailand | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 111th | Turkmenistan | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 112th | Timor-Leste | 100.00% | 4.2% |
| 113th | Tonga | 100.00% | 0.1% |
| 114th | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 115th | Türkiye | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 116th | Ukraine | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 117th | Uruguay | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 118th | United States | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 119th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 120th | British Virgin Islands | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 121st | Virgin Islands (US) | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Viet Nam | 100.00% | 0.2% |
| 123rd | European Union | 100.00% | 0.0% |
| 124th | Jordan | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 125th | Tunisia | 99.90% | 0.0% |
| 126th | Uzbekistan | 99.90% | -0.1% |
| 127th | Bulgaria | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 128th | Algeria | 99.80% | 0.1% |
| 129th | Marshall Islands | 99.80% | 1.5% |
| 130th | Montenegro | 99.80% | -0.1% |
| 131st | Kyrgyz Republic | 99.70% | -0.2% |
| 132nd | Tuvalu | 99.70% | 0.3% |
| 133rd | India | 99.60% | 3.2% |
| 134th | Mauritius | 99.60% | 0.1% |
| 135th | Tajikistan | 99.60% | 0.1% |
| 136th | Brazil | 99.50% | -0.2% |
| 137th | Indonesia | 99.20% | 2.3% |
| 138th | Bangladesh | 99.00% | 2.9% |
| 139th | Suriname | 98.80% | 0.4% |
| 140th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 98.60% | 1.4% |
| 141st | Samoa | 98.30% | -1.7% |
| 142nd | Dominican Republic | 98.10% | -1.9% |
| 143rd | Guatemala | 97.90% | 1.3% |
| 144th | El Salvador | 97.90% | -1.8% |
| 145th | Afghanistan | 97.70% | 0.0% |
| 146th | Belize | 97.70% | 0.9% |
| 147th | Philippines | 97.50% | 1.1% |
| 148th | Peru | 95.60% | -0.6% |
| 149th | Cabo Verde | 95.50% | 1.9% |
| 150th | Panama | 95.30% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Pakistan | 94.90% | 0.4% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 94.10% | 1.1% |
| 153rd | Grenada | 93.70% | 0.3% |
| 154th | Guyana | 92.90% | 0.7% |
| 155th | Kiribati | 92.80% | 2.0% |
| 156th | Fiji | 92.10% | -5.1% |
| 157th | Gabon | 91.80% | 0.8% |
| 158th | Nepal | 89.90% | 0.0% |
| 159th | South Africa | 89.30% | -0.8% |
| 160th | Syrian Arab Republic | 88.80% | -0.2% |
| 161st | Comoros | 87.90% | 2.7% |
| 162nd | Ghana | 86.30% | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Nicaragua | 86.30% | 0.3% |
| 164th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 83.60% | 2.1% |
| 165th | Eswatini | 82.90% | 3.6% |
| 166th | Cambodia | 82.50% | -4.5% |
| 167th | São Tomé and Principe | 78.50% | 2.2% |
| 168th | Kenya | 76.50% | 7.0% |
| 169th | Solomon Islands | 76.30% | 4.7% |
| 170th | Yemen, Republic of | 74.90% | 1.4% |
| 171st | Botswana | 73.70% | 2.6% |
| 172nd | Myanmar | 72.50% | 3.0% |
| 173rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 71.10% | 1.7% |
| 174th | Libya | 70.20% | 1.2% |
| 175th | Vanuatu | 70.00% | 4.0% |
| 176th | Senegal | 68.00% | 5.8% |
| 177th | Equatorial Guinea | 66.80% | 0.1% |
| 178th | Cameroon | 65.40% | 1.7% |
| 179th | Djibouti | 65.40% | 1.4% |
| 180th | Gambia, The | 63.70% | 2.4% |
| 181st | Sudan | 61.80% | 3.5% |
| 182nd | Nigeria | 59.50% | 7.4% |
| 183rd | Togo | 55.70% | 3.0% |
| 184th | Namibia | 55.20% | 5.5% |
| 185th | Mali | 53.40% | 5.5% |
| 186th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 52.60% | 4.2% |
| 187th | Eritrea | 52.50% | 2.1% |
| 188th | Lesotho | 50.40% | 6.1% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 49.70% | 2.1% |
| 190th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 49.30% | -1.2% |
| 191st | Zimbabwe | 49.00% | -7.0% |
| 192nd | Rwanda | 48.70% | 7.7% |
| 193rd | Angola | 48.20% | 2.6% |
| 194th | Mauritania | 47.70% | 5.1% |
| 195th | Haiti | 47.20% | 1.9% |
| 196th | Guinea | 46.80% | 4.7% |
| 197th | Zambia | 46.70% | 4.7% |
| 198th | Uganda | 45.20% | 7.4% |
| 199th | Tanzania | 42.70% | 7.0% |
| 200th | Benin | 42.00% | 2.4% |
| 201st | Guinea-Bissau | 35.80% | 7.2% |
| 202nd | Madagascar | 35.10% | 9.7% |
| 203rd | Mozambique | 31.50% | 2.9% |
| 204th | Liberia | 29.80% | 8.0% |
| 205th | Sierra Leone | 27.50% | 4.6% |
| 206th | Papua New Guinea | 20.90% | 2.0% |
| 207th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 20.80% | 3.5% |
| 208th | Burkina Faso | 19.00% | 2.7% |
| 209th | Niger | 18.60% | -0.5% |
| 210th | Central African Republic | 15.70% | 1.9% |
| 211th | Malawi | 14.20% | 23.5% |
| 212th | Chad | 11.30% | 3.7% |
| 213th | Burundi | 10.20% | 12.1% |
| 214th | South Sudan | 7.70% | 5.5% |
FAQ
What was Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2021?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access in 2021 was 19.00%. This ranked 208th globally.
How did Burkina Faso's electricity access change in 2021?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access increased by 2.7% in 2021 compared to 2020.
Which country had the highest electricity access in 2021?▾
Aruba had the highest electricity access in 2021 at 100.00%.
What is the electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2021?▾
The electricity access of Burkina Faso in 2021 was 19.00%. This ranked 208th globally.
How does 2021 compare to 2020 for Burkina Faso's electricity access?▾
Burkina Faso's electricity access went from 18.50% in 2020 to 19.00% in 2021, a 2.7% increase.
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