Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score was 34.35 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Burkina Faso, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
The most recent figure for getting electricity: time (days) - score in Burkina Faso is 34.35, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: time (days) - score in Burkina Faso peaked at 39.13 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 34.35, in 2015.
Burkina Faso ranks 177th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 39.13 | — |
| 2010 | 39.13 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 39.13 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 39.13 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 39.13 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 39.13 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 34.35 | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 34.35 | +0.0% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 34.35 is below the median for low income countries, which is 56.96, 60% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 34.35 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 65.65, 52% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 39.13 | 39.13 | 39.13 | 1 |
| 2010s | 36.74 | 34.35 | 39.13 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More private sector data for Burkina Faso
- Merchandise trade 67.5% (2025)
- Food imports 11.2% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 46.9% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 7.57 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 7.1% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 2.7% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 460.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.4009 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 96.38 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: time (days) - score in Burkina Faso?
- Getting electricity: time (days) - score in Burkina Faso was 34.35 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 39.13 in 2009.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: time (days) - score recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 34.35 in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for getting electricity: time (days) - score?
- Burkina Faso ranks 177th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: time (days) - score rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Time (days) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The score for time benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.