Burkina Faso's electricity generation rose from 0.4 in 2000 to 1.7 in 2024.
Burkina Faso's primary energy consumption rose from 2.8 in 1994 to 23.5 in 2023.
Burkina Faso · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 25 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
184th of 194 · 36th in Sub-Saharan Africa
Burkina Faso's electricity consumption per capita rose from 32.7 kWh in 2000 to 71.8 kWh in 2024.
Burkina Faso's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2024.
Burkina Faso's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Burkina Faso's hydropower electricity generation fell from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2024.
Burkina Faso's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Burkina Faso's energy use per capita rose from 277.2 kWh in 1994 to 1,020.3 kWh in 2023.
Burkina Faso's renewable energy fell from 86.3 % in 1993 to 71.4 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.2 pts129th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.2 pts133rd of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.2 pts133rd of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts112th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.2 pts68th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −1.3 pts12th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.2 %30th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityunchanged +0.0 %128th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +12.3 pts208th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
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- Energy importsNo data