Burundi GDP Data & Country Report

Burundi Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Burundi; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION

Central bank

Bank of the Republic of Burundi

International Reserves

US$ 332.085 million (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)

Gross Domestic Product - GDP

US$ 1.655 billion (2009 estimate)

GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)

3.588 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)

Real GDP growth

2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
-0.9%	2.1%	4.4%	-1.2%	4.8%	0.9%	5.1%	3.6%
2008	2009	2010	2011*
4.5%	3.5%	3.9%	4.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current prices

US$ 196 (2010 estimate)

GDP per capita - PPP

$425 International Dollars (2010 estimate)

GDP (PPP) - share of world total

1980	1990	2000	2010	2015**
0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%	0.01%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector

agriculture: 31.1%
industry: 21.5%
services: 47.4% (2011 estimate)

(Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation

2008	2009	2010	2011*
24.4%(2008)	10.7%	6.4%	8.4%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate

2008	2009	2010	2011*
N/A	N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A

*Estimate

Household saving rates

N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010	2011*
177.8%	153.8%	48.2%	47.5%	46.2%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)

2007	2008	2009	2010*	2011**
1%	-0.7%	60.1%	-3.1%	-3.9%

*Estimate **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: N/A

Moody's rating: N/A

Moody's outlook: N/A

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares

2007	2008	2009
N/A	N/A	N/A

Largest companies in Burundi

N/A

DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS

Current account balance

US$ -0.3 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)

Current account balance by percentage of GDP

-15.8% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)

Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

10.7% (2006)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export

0%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exports

US$71 million f.o.b. (2010 estimate)

Export commodities

coffee, tea, sugar, cotton, hides

Total imports

US$307 million f.o.b. (2008 estimate)

Import commodities

capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs

Exports - major partners

Germany 31.3%, Pakistan 6.8%, Belgium 5.8%, Sweden 4.3%, Rwanda 4.3%, France 4.2%, Sudan 4% (2007)

Imports - major partners

Saudi Arabia 17%, Kenya 11.4%, Belgium 8.7%, France 6.1%, Uganda 5.4%, Germany 5.4%, India 4.8%, Pakistan 4.2% (2007)

FDI inflows

2008	2009	2010
US$14 million	US$10 million(2009)	US$14 million(2009)

FDI outflows

2008	2009	2010
N/A	N/A	N/A

Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser

2008	2009	2010	2011
N/A	N/A(2009)	N/A(2009)	N/A

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 181 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 135 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 115 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 141 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 168 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 154 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 176 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 171 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)

140

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 148 Score: 49.6 (Repressed) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW

Time zone

UTC+2

Total area

27,834 km² (2006)

Capital

Bujumbura (2009)

Currency

Burundi francs (BIF) (2009)

Government type

republic (2009)

Languages

Kirundi (official), French (official), Swahili (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area)

Religions

Christian 67% (Roman Catholic 62%, Protestant 5%), indigenous beliefs 23%, Muslim 10%

Total population

1980	1990	2000	2010*	2015**
4.09 million	5.46 million	6.43 million	8.27 million	9.13 million

*Estimate **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population

1960	1980	2000	2009
2%	4.3%	8.3%	10.7%

Population median age

17.0 years (2006)

Population growth rate

2.8% (2009)

Life expectancy

49 years (2007)

Adult literacy

59% (2000/2007)

% of population living on less than $2 a day

93.45% (2011)

Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

33.3 (2006)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:5
Civil Liberties:5 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

14.11% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population

2.1% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)

Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

N/A

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.0223 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS

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