Basic drinking water access in Burundi

65.9% of people in Burundi used at least basic drinking water services in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2000.

Measure: People using at least basic drinking water services Unit: % of population Data: 2000 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2024 65.9% % of population
Change from 2023 +0.1percentage points 2023: 65.8%
World, 2024 91.5% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 186th of 202 See the full ranking

Basic drinking water access in Burundi over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

People using at least basic drinking water services (% of population), 2000 to 2024
Period BurundiWorld
2024 65.9% 91.5%
2023 65.8% 91.2%
2022 65.7% 90.9%
2021 65.0% 90.4%
2020 64.4% 90.0%
2019 63.8% 89.6%
2018 63.0% 89.3%
2017 62.3% 88.9%
2016 61.5% 88.5%
2015 60.8% 88.1%
2014 60.0% 87.7%
2013 59.3% 87.3%
2012 58.5% 86.9%
2011 57.8% 86.5%
2010 57.1% 86.1%
2009 56.3% 85.7%
2008 55.6% 85.2%
2007 54.9% 84.8%
2006 54.2% 84.3%
2005 53.4% 83.9%
2004 52.7% 82.6%
2003 52.0% 82.1%
2002 51.3% 81.6%
2001 50.6% 80.9%
2000 49.9% 80.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 65.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 60.0%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 202 countries with data for 2024, Burundi has the 186th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 91.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.H2O.BASW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2000 to 2024 for Burundi
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene