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Burundi GDP and Economic Data
Country Report 2017 - Includes Burundi real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.
Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Burundi economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Burundi best banks and safest banks are also available.
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International Reserves
USD 0.07 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Gross Domestic Product - GDP
USD 3.4 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 8.2 billion (2018, estimate)
Real GDP growth
| 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
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GDP - composition by sector
- agriculture: 39.5%
- industry: 16.4%
- services: 44.2%
(2017 estimate)
Inflation
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 5.6% | 5.5% | 16.6% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
*Estimate
Unemployment rate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
| 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | 2018* | 2019* |
| 45.3% | 48.4% | 51.7% | 58.4% | 63.5% |
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2015* 2016* 2017* 2018* 2019*
| -5.3% | -6.2% | -7.8% | -8.6% | -9.1% |
*Estimate
Government bond ratings
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: N/A
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
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Market value of publicly traded shares
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Current account balance by percentage of GDP
-13.4 % (2018 estimate)
Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
6.4% (2016)
Shares in world total merchandising export
0.001% (2018)
Shares in world total commercial services export
0.0003% (2017)
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Import commodities
Capital goods, petroleum products, foodstuffs
Exports - major partners
Democratic Republic of the Congo 25.5%, Switzerland 18.4%, UAE 14.9%, Belgium 6% (2017)
Imports - major partners
India 18.5%, China 13%, Kenya 7.9%, UAE 6.8%, Saudi Arabia 6.8%, Uganda 6%, Tanzania 5.4%, Zambia 4.6% (2017)
FDI inflows
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 0.1 million | USD 0.3 million | USD 1.0 million |
FDI outflows
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 0.1 million | USD 0.3 million | USD 1.0 million |
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014
N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015
N/A
Best countries for doing business
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
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Global competitiveness ranking
135 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Index of Economic Freedom
Ranking: 162 / Score: 48.9 (Repressed)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
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Capital
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
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Languages
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%,
Religions
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.)
Total population
| 1990* | 2000* | 2010* | 2015* | 2020* |
| 5.46 million | 6.68 million | 8.78 million | 10.2 million | 11.88 million |
*Estimate
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Urban population as % of total population
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 2.1% | 4.3% | 8.2% | 13% |
Literacy
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)
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day
89.3% (last available estimate, 2013)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)
38.6 (last available estimate, 2013)
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Freedom House rating
Not Free
Political Rights: 7
Civil Liberties: 6 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
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Total telephone subscribers as % of population
Fixed: 0.2% Mobile: 56.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)