Burkina Faso
BFABurkina Faso has about as many people as Taiwan, and 174 times less electricity to share between them.
24 million people against 23 million, but 72 kWh per person a year against 12,478.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Cleaner than 3 in 10 grids worldwide.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Burkina Faso depends heavily on its neighbours for power.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso's electricity is dirtier than the world average.
562 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 23% above.
Burkina Faso runs almost entirely on oil.
83% of its electricity comes from one source.
Burkina Faso’s neighbours
BeninGas overtook oil on Benin's grid in 2019.
NigerNiger has about as many people as Taiwan, and 355 times less electricity to share between them.
TogoTogo has about as many people as Israel, and 102 times less electricity to share between them.
MaliMali has about as many people as Taiwan, and 51 times less electricity to share between them.
Cote d'IvoireCote d'Ivoire has about as many people as Saudi Arabia, and 40 times less electricity to share between them.
Figures are for 2024, the most recent year reported for Burkina Faso. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.