Business & Markets · Electricity access · Burundi
Burundi’s electricity access rose to 20.1% of population in 2024.
20.1% of population
2024
Up 8.5 pp from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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20.1% of population
What it is. Electricity access is the share of Burundi's population living with access to electricity. It counts people as a share of all residents, so it rises when new connections outpace population growth. It leaves out how reliable the supply is, how many hours a day it runs and what it costs a household.
Higher is better. Higher is better because access to power lets people light homes, keep food and medicines cold, charge phones and run machinery. The latest figure, for 2024, is 20.1% of population, up from 11.6% of population a year earlier, a gain of 8.5 percentage points. That is the highest level since 2015, when access stood at 7.9% of population, the lowest in the window.
Why it matters. At 20.1% of population, most people in Burundi still live without electricity, so households rely on other sources for light and cannot easily run appliances. Shops, workshops and clinics outside the connected areas depend on alternative power, which limits what they can produce and store. The next annual reading will show whether a jump of this size holds.
| Period | Electricity access · Burundi |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 7.9% of population |
| 2016 | 8.5% of population |
| 2017 | 9.3% of population |
| 2018 | 9.5% of population |
| 2019 | 9.8% of population |
| 2020 | 9.1% of population |
| 2021 | 10.2% of population |
| 2022 | 10.3% of population |
| 2023 | 11.6% of population |
| 2024 | 20.1% of population |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Electricity access, Burundi, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/electricity-access/burundi
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Population with access to electricity. Unit: % of population.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.