Access to basic sanitation — all countries

Access to basic sanitation — Burundi

Access to basic sanitation in Burundi in 2024 — 44.6%. Ranked 166 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 1.2 pp.

2024 44.6% −0 pp vs 2023
World rank 166of 193
Period maximum 46.2%2003
Period minimum 44.4%2019

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of population

Access to basic sanitation — Burundi, 2000–20244444.54545.54646.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 45.9%2001: 46%2002: 46.1%2003: 46.2%2004: 46.1%2005: 46%2006: 45.9%2007: 45.8%2008: 45.7%2009: 45.6%2010: 45.5%2011: 45.4%2012: 45.2%2013: 45.1%2014: 45%2015: 44.9%2016: 44.8%2017: 44.6%2018: 44.5%2019: 44.4%2020: 44.5%2021: 44.6%2022: 44.7%2023: 44.6%2024: 44.6%
Change over the period: −1.2 pp Annual average: -0.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Burundi

Burundi 44.6%
World 82.2%
Eastern Africa computed 29.7%
Low-income countries computed 33.1%
Access to basic sanitation — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 44.6 −0 pp
2023 44.6 −0 pp
2022 44.7 +0.1 pp
2021 44.6 +0.1 pp
2020 44.5 +0.1 pp
2019 44.4 −0.1 pp
2018 44.5 −0.1 pp
2017 44.6 −0.1 pp
2016 44.8 −0.1 pp
2015 44.9 −0.1 pp
2014 45 −0.1 pp
2013 45.1 −0.1 pp
2012 45.2 −0.1 pp
2011 45.4 −0.1 pp
2010 45.5 −0.1 pp
2009 45.6 −0.1 pp
2008 45.7 −0.1 pp
2007 45.8 −0.1 pp
2006 45.9 −0.1 pp
2005 46 −0.1 pp
2004 46.1 −0.1 pp
2003 46.2 +0.1 pp
2002 46.1 +0.1 pp
2001 46 +0.1 pp
2000 45.9

About the indicator

The share of the population using improved sanitation facilities not shared with other households: sewerage, septic tanks, improved pit latrines. Alongside access to clean water this is the basic condition for reducing child mortality from intestinal infections.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.