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USD 0.07 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 3.4 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 8.2 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 3.5% | 4.9% | 3.8% | 5.1% | 4% | 4.4% | 5.9% |
| 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 4.5% | -4% | -1% | 0% | 0.1% |
*Estimate
(2017 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 5.6% | 5.5% | 16.6% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| 45.3% | 48.4% | 51.7% | 58.4% | 63.5% |
*Estimate
2015* 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
| -5.3% | -6.2% | -7.8% | -8.6% | -9.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-13.4 % (2018 estimate)
6.4% (2016)
0.001% (2018)
0.0003% (2017)
Capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Democratic Republic of the Congo 25.5%, Switzerland 18.4%, UAE 14.9%, Belgium 6% (2017)
India 18.5%, China 13%, Kenya 7.9%, UAE 6.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.8%, Uganda 6%, Tanzania 5.4%, Zambia 4.6% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 0.1 million | USD 0.3 million | USD 1.0 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 0.1 million | USD 0.3 million | USD 1.0 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking:
166 out of 190 countries
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 44 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 161 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 184 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 100 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 176 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 143 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 140 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 169 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 158 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 147 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2019
135 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 162 / Score: 48.9 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Gitega (political capital), Bujumbura (commercial capital); note - in January 2019, the Burundian parliament voted to make Gitega the political capital of the country while Bujumbura would remain its economic capital; all branches of the government are ex
Kirundi 29.7% (official), Kirundi and other language 9.1%, French (official); French and other language 0.3%, Swahili; Swahili and other language 0.2% (along Lake Tanganyika and in the Bujumbura area), English (official); English and other language 0.06%,
Roman Catholic 62.1%, Protestant 23.9% (includes Adventist 2.3% and other Protestant 21.6%), Muslim 2.5%, other 3.6%, unspecified 7.9% (2008 est.)
| 1990* | 2000* | 2010* | 2015* | 2020* |
| 5.46 million | 6.68 million | 8.78 million | 10.2 million | 11.88 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 2.1% | 4.3% | 8.2% | 13% |
Total population: 85.6%
Male: 88.2%
Female: 83.1%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
89.3% (last available estimate, 2013)
38.6 (last available estimate, 2013)
Not Free
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.2% Mobile: 56.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)