People using improved drinking water sources in Burundi
Burundi: People using improved drinking water sources was 1.92 million people in 2024. ▲ Rising
People using improved drinking water sources in Burundi, 2000–2024
Source: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in people.
Analysis
In 2024, people using improved drinking water sources in Burundi stood at 1.92 million people. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 37.9% on the previous year and up 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people using improved drinking water sources in Burundi peaked at 1.92 million people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.01 million people, in 2000.
Burundi ranks 30th of 231 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
People using improved drinking water sources in Burundi, year by year
| Year | people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.01 million people | — |
| 2001 | 1.02 million people | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1.04 million people | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.07 million people | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million people | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 1.12 million people | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 1.15 million people | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 1.18 million people | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 1.22 million people | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 1.27 million people | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 1.32 million people | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.35 million people | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 1.38 million people | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1.41 million people | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 1.45 million people | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 1.46 million people | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.47 million people | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 1.48 million people | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 1.51 million people | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1.53 million people | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1.48 million people | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 1.42 million people | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 1.36 million people | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 1.39 million people | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 1.92 million people | +37.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.12 million people | 1.01 million people | 1.27 million people | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.44 million people | 1.32 million people | 1.53 million people | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 million people | 1.36 million people | 1.92 million people | 5 |
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More environment data for Burundi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate -27.74 % change on previous year (2013)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2013)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2013)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.0009 m3 per person (2024)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, annual growth rate 90.91 % change on previous year (2023)
- Sawnwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is people using improved drinking water sources in Burundi?
- People using improved drinking water sources in Burundi was 1.92 million people in 2024, according to WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 1.92 million people in 2024.
- What is the lowest people using improved drinking water sources recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 million people in 2000.
- How does Burundi rank for people using improved drinking water sources?
- Burundi ranks 30th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is people using improved drinking water sources rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of People using improved drinking water sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people using only unimproved drinking water sources.