Burundi Burundi

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Burundi, is a country located at Eastern Africa, it has an area of 27,830 Km2 and it may be considered quite a small country.

Burundi, with a population of 12,231,000 people, it is ranked at 79º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 439 people per km2.

It's capital is Bujumbura and its currency is Burundian francs

Burundi is holding the 163 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 2,541 millions of euros (2,678 millions of dollars), ( 68.35% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €208 euros per inhabitant$219 dollars per inhabitant.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Burundi, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.426 points in 2021, leaving it in 187th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Burundi are business, you must know it's in the 166th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Burundi, if you want to see information about other countries click here

Bujumbura: Monthly Temp.
Bujumbura: Monthly Rainfall
Burundi Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2022€3,718M
Annual GDP [+]2022$3,918M
GDP per capita [+]2022€304
GDP per capita [+]2022$320
Debt (M.€.) [+]20222,541
Debt ($M) [+]20222,678
Debt (%GDP) [+]202268.35%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€208
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$219
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-449
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-473
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-12.07%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,440.9
Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,518.6
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020136.3
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2020155.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202120.44%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201752.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201758.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.52%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]2022102.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]2022108.2
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20227.22%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202238.76%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€118
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$124
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020€11
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2020$13
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€5
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$6
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€8
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$9
Corruption Index [+]202217
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019135º
Fragile States Index [+]201897.4
Innovation Ranking [+]2017122º
Labour
NMW [+]2022$1.7
Human Capital Ranking [+]2017102º
Business
Doing Business [+]2020166º
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201910
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 20190
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]20156.17
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]2017299,000
Exports [+]2021€87.1M
Exports [+]2021$103.1M
Exports % GDP [+]20213.08%
Imports [+]2021€908.5M
Imports [+]2021$1,074.5M
Imports % GDP [+]202132.09%
Trade balance [+]2021€-821.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$-971.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-29.01%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2021439
Global Peace Ranking [+]2023128º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201733.5
% Immigrant [+]20202.90%
% Emigrant [+]20204.64%
Birth Rate [+]202134.84‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201775.5
Crude death rate [+]20217.47‰
Fertility Rate [+]20215.08
% risk of poverty [+]201464.9%
Population [+]202112,231,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020344,767
Emigrant stock [+]2020551,105
HDI [+]20210.426
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202335º
Life expectancy [+]202161.66
Suicides [+]2015899
Suicide rate [+]20158.81
Number of homicides [+]2016635
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20165.82
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.06
Consumption GWh [+]2021418
Generation GWh [+]2021358
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/202415
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/202454,565
Fully vaccinated [+]11/05/202336,321
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20241.23
Doses administered [+]11/05/202341,538