Livability · rank 140/167
Is 🇧🇮 Burundi (Bujumbura) a good place to live?
Quality score 45/100 against essentials of $478/month.
The five metrics
Internet 8 21 Mbps median broadband, 8.6% online
Safety 66 5.6 homicides/100k (2016)
Healthcare 48 UHC service coverage 48/100 (2023)
Air quality 59 PM2.5 23.6 µg/m³ (2023)
Beside the score, not inside it
Neither of these is part of the composite above, deliberately. Folding governance into a quality-of-life number would bury a political judgement where you could not see it or argue with it, and connection price is a different question from connection speed — somewhere fast and expensive and somewhere slow and cheap are different trade-offs, not one average.
- Rule of law
- very weak
- World Bank WGI estimate -1.3 · corruption control -1.46 · stability -1.38 (2024). Scale −2.5 to +2.5, higher is better.
- What connectivity costs
- $64.88 /mo broadband
- Mobile 10GB $8.08/month. ITU price basket. The speed above is scored; this price is not.
What your budget buys
| Monthly budget | vs essentials ($478) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| $2,000 | 4.2× | like royalty |
| $3,000 | 6.3× | like royalty |
| $5,000 | 10.5× | like royalty |
Essentials from the Pint & Property basket. Rank countries by your own priorities in the interactive matrix.
Similar value-for-money
- 🇷🇼 Rwanda — quality 48.8, essentials $512/mo
- 🇲🇩 Moldova — quality 82.6, essentials $855/mo
- 🇷🇴 Romania — quality 89.3, essentials $918/mo
- 🇲🇼 Malawi — quality 57, essentials $617/mo
See also: everyday prices · retiring in Burundi
Frequently asked questions
- Is Burundi a good place to live for remote workers?
- Burundi scores 45/100 on our equal-weighted livability composite (internet 21 Mbps, safety 66, healthcare 48, air quality 59; English not scored) — rank 140 of 167.
- How fast is the internet in Burundi?
- Median fixed broadband is around 21 Mbps.
- What does $3,000/month get you in Burundi?
- Single-person essentials run about $478/month at local prices, so $3,000 lives "like royalty" (6.3× essentials).