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Burundi

Headline economic indicators for Burundi, with the most recent official readings.

Prices

Prices — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Inflation rate · 34.1% +13.92 (+68.9%)
Consumer price index · 515.2 +131.11 (+34.1%)
GDP deflator inflation · 18.2% -0.37 (-2.0%)

GDP

GDP — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
GDP growth rate · 4.2% +0.13 (+3.1%)
GDP per capita · 233.82 +17.59 (+8.1%)
GDP per capita, long-run history · 717 -5.96 (-0.8%)
GDP · 3,364,713,864.08 +327,134,006 (+10.8%)
GDP, PPP · 17,959,504,405 +1,200,000,031 (+7.2%)
GDP per capita, PPP · 1,248 +55.02 (+4.6%)
GDP per capita growth · 1.8% +0.30 (+20.9%)
GNI per capita · 240 -10.00 (-4.0%)
Agriculture to GDP · 34.3% -0.76 (-2.2%)
Industry to GDP · 18.2% +0.97 (+5.6%)
Manufacturing to GDP · 13.1% +0.84 (+6.9%)
Services to GDP · 42.1% -1.29 (-3.0%)
Household consumption to GDP · 51.1% -3.29 (-6.1%)
Gross savings to GDP · 43.1% +2.23 (+5.5%)

Labour

Labour — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Unemployment rate · 0.9% +0.01 (+0.8%)
Labour force participation rate · 78.3% -0.24 (-0.3%)
Female labour force participation rate · 79.5% -0.23 (-0.3%)
Youth unemployment rate · 1.7% -0.02 (-1.0%)
Employment to population ratio · 77.5% -0.24 (-0.3%)
Employment in agriculture · 85.3% -0.05 (-0.1%)
Employment in industry · 3.1% +0.01 (+0.3%)
Employment in services · 11.6% +0.04 (+0.4%)

Money

Money — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Real interest rate · -4.9% +0.73 (+12.9%)
Broad money to GDP · 44.6% -1.28 (-2.8%)
Private sector credit to GDP · 38.5% +0.29 (+0.7%)
Lending rate · 12.4% +0.52 (+4.4%)
Bank nonperforming loans · 3.8% +0.39 (+11.4%)
Official exchange rate · 2,943.14 +57.89 (+2.0%)

Trade

Trade — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Current account to GDP · -13.7% +1.92 (+12.3%)
Trade balance, goods and services (annual) · -946,662,848.79 +21,922,751 (+2.3%)
Current account balance (annual) · -461,464,326.07 +13,542,385 (+2.9%)
Foreign direct investment to GDP · 1.0% -0.05 (-4.9%)
Remittances received to GDP · 8.1% +0.32 (+4.1%)
Total reserves, including gold · 90,349,885.18 -68,180,415 (-43.0%)
Reserves in months of imports · 0.7 -0.56 (-43.3%)
External debt to GNI · 47.1% +8.09 (+20.7%)

Government

Government — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Government revenue to GDP · 14.2% -0.47 (-3.2%)
Government expense to GDP · 12.3% -2.43 (-16.6%)
Tax revenue to GDP · 12.7% -0.45 (-3.4%)
Government budget balance to GDP · -0.6% +1.00 (+63.1%)
Government consumption to GDP · 20.6% -0.57 (-2.7%)
Education spending to GDP · 4.5% -0.37 (-7.5%)
Health spending to GDP · 9.1% +0.43 (+4.9%)

Demography

Demography — Burundi
Indicator Value Change
Population · 14,390,003 +342,217 (+2.4%)
Population, long-run history · 12,795 +410.92 (+3.3%)
Population growth · 2.4% -0.18 (-6.9%)
Life expectancy · 63.8 +0.17 (+0.3%)
Fertility rate · 4.79 -0.09 (-1.8%)
Birth rate · 33.2 -0.46 (-1.4%)
Death rate · 6.7 -0.05 (-0.7%)
Urban population share · 25.7% +0.86 (+3.5%)
Population aged 65 and over · 2.5% +0.02 (+0.6%)
Under-five mortality rate · 47.1 -1.60 (-3.3%)
Population density · 547.0 +13.95 (+2.6%)
Net migration · -34,727 -7,653 (-28.3%)
Gini index · 37.5 -1.10 (-2.8%)

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

No separate list is published for Burundi; the database as a whole is cited above.

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