Access to electricity — all countries

Access to electricity — Burundi

Access to electricity in Burundi in 2024 — 20.1%. Ranked 211 in the world out of 215. Since 1998, the indicator has risen by 16.2 pp.

2024 20.1% +8.5 pp vs 2023
World rank 211of 215
Period maximum 20.1%2024
Period minimum 2.1%1999

Trend over time

1998–2024 · % of population

Access to electricity — Burundi, 1998–2024010203019982001200420072010201320162019202220241998: 3.9%1999: 2.1%2000: 2.5%2001: 2.8%2002: 3.1%2003: 3.4%2004: 3.7%2005: 3.2%2006: 2.7%2007: 4.7%2008: 4.8%2009: 5.4%2010: 5.3%2011: 6.2%2012: 6.5%2013: 6.9%2014: 7%2015: 7.9%2016: 8.5%2017: 9.3%2018: 9.5%2019: 9.8%2020: 9.1%2021: 10.2%2022: 10.3%2023: 11.6%2024: 20.1%
Change over the period: +16.2 pp Annual average: 0.62 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 20.1%
World 91.9%
Eastern Africa computed 52.5%
Low-income countries computed 49%
Access to electricity — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.1 +8.5 pp
2023 11.6 +1.3 pp
2022 10.3 +0.1 pp
2021 10.2 +1.1 pp
2020 9.1 −0.7 pp
2019 9.8 +0.3 pp
2018 9.5 +0.2 pp
2017 9.3 +0.8 pp
2016 8.5 +0.6 pp
2015 7.9 +0.9 pp
2014 7 +0.1 pp
2013 6.9 +0.4 pp
2012 6.5 +0.3 pp
2011 6.2 +0.9 pp
2010 5.3 −0.1 pp
2009 5.4 +0.6 pp
2008 4.8 +0.1 pp
2007 4.7 +2 pp
2006 2.7 −0.5 pp
2005 3.2 −0.5 pp
2004 3.7 +0.3 pp
2003 3.4 +0.3 pp
2002 3.1 +0.3 pp
2001 2.8 +0.3 pp
2000 2.5 +0.4 pp
1999 2.1 −1.8 pp
1998 3.9

About the indicator

The share of the population with access to electricity — both through centralized grids and through off-grid and mini-grid solutions. The target of UN Sustainable Development Goal 7.1 is universal access by 2030. Having a connection does not mean that supply is reliable: in a number of countries with formal coverage of 100% outages happen daily.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.