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Burkina Faso
Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population)

Access to electricity, urban is the percentage of urban population with access to electricity.

Global rank#183out of 213 countries
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Historical trend

87.873.258.644.029.4199320092024Burkina Faso · 2024: 88Burkina Faso

Analytical takeaways

  • Burkina Faso records 88 for Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) in 2024, ranking #183 globally out of 213 countries.
  • Access to electricity, urban (% of urban population) increased from 29 in 1993 to 88 in 2024, a gain of 58.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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