Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Burundi
Burundi: Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score was 26.45 in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Burundi, 2014–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 26.45 for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
That places Burundi 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 26.45 | — |
| 2015 | 26.45 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 26.45 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 26.45 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26.45 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 26.45 | +0.0% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 26.45 is below the median for low income countries, which is 36.87, 72% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 26.45 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 52.76, 50% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Burundi
- 182 Sierra Leone 31.6 compare
- 183 Guinea-Bissau 29.7 compare
- 184 Burkina Faso 29.42 compare
- 186 Central African Republic 24.64 compare
- 187 Madagascar 24.12 compare
- 188 Eritrea 0 compare
- 188 Somalia 0
- 188 South Sudan 0 compare
- 188 Yemen 0 compare
More private sector data for Burundi
- Merchandise trade 45.2% (2025)
- Food imports 13.7% (2023)
- Manufactures imports 61.1% (2023)
- Merchandise imports 1.19 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 46.0% (2023)
- Manufactures exports 15.2% (2023)
- Merchandise exports 332.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 23.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0987 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 89.71 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Burundi?
- Getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score in Burundi was 26.45 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 26.45 in 2014.
- What is the lowest getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.45 in 2014.
- How does Burundi rank for getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score?
- Burundi ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity (db16-20 methodology) - score rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity (DB16-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for getting electricity is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators: the procedures, time, cost for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection and supply for a standardized warehouse, as well as the reliability of supply and transparency of tariffs index. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB16-20 studies.