Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi

Burundi: Share of the population using improved water sources wash was 86.33 in 2024. β–² Rising

Latest (2024)
86.33
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
191st
of 224 countries
All-time high
86.33
in 2024
All-time low
68.99
in 2000
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi, 2000–2024

0204060802000201220242000: 692001: 69.82002: 70.62003: 71.32004: 72.12005: 72.92006: 73.72007: 74.52008: 75.32009: 76.12010: 76.82011: 77.62012: 78.42013: 79.22014: 802015: 80.82016: 81.52017: 82.32018: 83.12019: 83.92020: 84.72021: 85.42022: 86.22023: 86.32024: 86.3

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Burundi recorded 86.33 for share of the population using improved water sources wash in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi peaked at 86.33 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 68.99, in 2000.

That places Burundi 191st out of 224 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 72.53 68.99 76.06 10
2010s 80.37 76.84 83.88 10
2020s 85.79 84.66 86.33 5

Countries ranked near Burundi

  1. 188 Lesotho, Kingdom of 87.38 compare
  2. 189 Eswatini, Kingdom of 86.47 compare
  3. 190 Myanmar 86.41 compare
  4. 192 Cameroon 86.31 compare
  5. 193 Guinea 86.24 compare
  6. 194 Nigeria 86.19 compare

See the full ranking of 231 places β†’

More environment data for Burundi

All data for Burundi β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi?
Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi was 86.33 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of the population using improved water sources wash recorded in Burundi?
The highest recorded value was 86.33 in 2024.
What is the lowest share of the population using improved water sources wash recorded in Burundi?
The lowest recorded value was 68.99 in 2000.
How does Burundi rank for share of the population using improved water sources wash?
Burundi ranks 191st out of 224 countries with data for 2024.
Is share of the population using improved water sources wash rising or falling in Burundi?
Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Burundi data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population using improved water sources wash. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV Β· JSON β€” 25 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 18 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-the-population-using-improved-water-sources-wash/burundi/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-the-population-using-improved-water-sources-wash/burundi/">Share of the population using improved water sources wash in Burundi</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Share of the population using improved water sources wash
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
231 places, 5,586 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed