Handwashing facilities — all countries

Handwashing facilities — Burundi

Handwashing facilities in Burundi in 2023 — 6.4%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 95. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 0.5 pp.

2023 6.4% +0.1 pp vs 2022
World rank 93of 95
Period maximum 6.4%2023
Period minimum 5.9%2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · % of population

Handwashing facilities — Burundi, 2004–20235.866.26.4200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 5.9%2005: 5.9%2006: 6%2007: 6%2008: 6.1%2009: 6.1%2010: 6.1%2011: 6.1%2012: 6.1%2013: 6.1%2014: 6.1%2015: 6.1%2016: 6.1%2017: 6.1%2018: 6.1%2019: 6.1%2020: 6.2%2021: 6.2%2022: 6.3%2023: 6.4%
Change over the period: +0.5 pp Annual average: 0.03 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Burundi 6.4%
World 77.5%
Eastern Africa computed 20.1%
Low-income countries computed 23.8%
Handwashing facilities — Burundi, by year Burundi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 6.4 +0.1 pp
2022 6.3 +0.1 pp
2021 6.2 +0.1 pp
2020 6.2 +0.1 pp
2019 6.1 −0 pp
2018 6.1 +0 pp
2017 6.1 +0 pp
2016 6.1 +0 pp
2015 6.1 +0 pp
2014 6.1 +0 pp
2013 6.1 +0 pp
2012 6.1 +0 pp
2011 6.1 +0 pp
2010 6.1 +0 pp
2009 6.1 +0 pp
2008 6.1 +0.1 pp
2007 6 +0.1 pp
2006 6 +0 pp
2005 5.9 +0 pp
2004 5.9

About the indicator

The share of the population that has an equipped place for washing hands with water and soap in the dwelling. The indicator looks a small one next to piped water and sewerage, but in its contribution to reducing diarrheal and respiratory disease it is comparable to them, and it costs incomparably less. The COVID-19 pandemic made it visible: it turned out that in the poorest countries of Africa fewer than a quarter of the population have facilities for washing hands.

Important: Not all countries are surveyed: where practically everyone has such facilities, these data are not collected. That is why the aggregate by country group is computed only where coverage is sufficient — averaging the surveyed countries alone would give a picture noticeably worse than the reality.

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