Share of population using internet rose 22.6% to 14.0% in Burkina Faso in 2016, according to World Bank.
Historically, share of population using internet in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 14.0% in 2016 and an all time low of 0.077% in 2000. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, share of population using internet in Ghana amounted to 34.7%, 41.2% in Ivory Coast, 11.1% in Mali and 4.32% in Niger in 2016.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 151st within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of share of population using internet, 8 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Share of Population Using Internet | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | % | ... | ... | ... | 14.9% | 18.2% | 22.5% | 29.5% | 38.2% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Benin | % | ... | ... | ... | 4.15% | 4.50% | 4.90% | 6.00% | 11.3% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | % | ... | ... | ... | 3.00% | 3.73% | 9.10% | 9.40% | 11.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Chad | % | ... | ... | ... | 1.90% | 2.10% | 2.50% | 2.90% | 3.50% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ghana | % | ... | ... | ... | 9.00% | 10.6% | 15.0% | 25.5% | 31.4% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.00% | 3.10% | 4.50% | 6.40% | 8.20% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.90% | 5.00% | 12.0% | 19.3% | 38.4% | |||||||||||||
| Liberia | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.50% | 2.60% | 3.20% | 5.41% | 5.90% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | 14.0% | ... | 16.5% | 17.8% | 19.0% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mali | % | ... | ... | ... | 2.20% | 2.80% | 3.50% | 7.00% | 10.3% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Mauritania | % | ... | ... | ... | 4.50% | 5.00% | 6.20% | 10.7% | 15.2% | ... | ||||||||||||
| Niger | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.900% | 1.05% | 1.15% | 1.25% | 2.48% | |||||||||||||
| Togo | % | ... | ... | ... | 3.50% | 4.00% | 4.50% | 5.70% | 7.12% |
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