Burundi's electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.5 in 2024.
Burundi's primary energy consumption rose from 1.7 in 1994 to 3.8 in 2023.
Burundi · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 25 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
189th of 194 · 41st in Sub-Saharan Africa
Burundi's electricity consumption per capita rose from 15.5 kWh in 2000 to 34.9 kWh in 2024.
Burundi's solar electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Burundi's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Burundi's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.4 in 2024.
Burundi's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Burundi's energy use per capita fell from 300.2 kWh in 1994 to 277.1 kWh in 2023.
Burundi's renewable energy fell from 94.0 % in 1993 to 83.0 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricitydown −0.5 pts36th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.5 pts45th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.5 pts45th of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.5 pts22nd of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts174th 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 −2.6 pts30th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +0.5 %8th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +2.0 %45th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +8.5 pts211th 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