Energy in Burundi is a growing industry with tremendous potential.
As of 2020[update], Burundi consumes a total of 382.70 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of electric energy per year.[1]
The country produces locally 69% of the electricity it consumes, with the rest imported from other countries.[1] Its most important power source is hydroelectric power, representing 95% of total production.[1][2] It also uses energy from other renewable (wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal) and coal power plants.[1]
Burundi's total production of electricity was of 232 gigawatt hours (GWh) in 2018.[5] The main source came from a total of nine dams supplying the major part of the electric energy and 100 GWh coming from geothermal and thermal sources.[5] Consumption in 2018 was estimated at 315.6 GWh of which 273 GWh where consumed in Bujumbura, 18.7 GWh in Gitega and 23.9 GWh by the rest of the country.[6]
