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 12,551,213 people, it is ranked at 78º position by population of 196 countries and it has a high population density, with 451 people per km2.

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

Burundi is holding the 168 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2020 was 1,784 millions of euros (2,036 millions of dollars), ( 65.97% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €146 euros per inhabitant$167 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 [+]2021€2,350M
Annual GDP [+]2021$2,780M
GDP per capita [+]2021€187
GDP per capita [+]2021$221
Debt (M.€.) [+]20201,784
Debt ($M) [+]20202,036
Debt (%GDP) [+]202065.97%
Debt Per Capita [+]2020€146
Debt Per Capita [+]2020$167
Deficit (M.€) [+]2020-178
Deficit ($M) [+]2020-203
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2020-6.59%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]2020782.0
Expenditure ($M) [+]2020892.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]2018130.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]2018154.2
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]201818.79%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]201752.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]201758.9
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]20178.52%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]202145.2
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]202153.5
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20216.66%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202028.92%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020€64
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2020$73
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018€11
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2018$13
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€5
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$6
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€4
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$4
Corruption Index [+]202217
Competitiveness Ranking [+]2019135º
Fragile States Index [+]201897.4
Innovation Ranking [+]2017122º
Labour
NMW [+]2021$1.8
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 [+]20213.71%
Imports [+]2021€908.5M
Imports [+]2021$1,074.5M
Imports % GDP [+]202138.65%
Trade balance [+]2021€-821.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$-971.4M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-34.95%
Socio-Demography
Density [+]2021451
Global Peace Ranking [+]2022131º
Remittance received ($M) [+]201733.5
% Immigrant [+]20192.70%
% Emigrant [+]20195.25%
Birth Rate [+]202035.60‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]201775.5
Crude death rate [+]20207.56‰
Fertility Rate [+]20205.18
% risk of poverty [+]201464.9%
Population [+]202112,551,213
Immigrant stock [+]2019321,018
Emigrant stock [+]2019623,999
HDI [+]20210.426
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202224º
Life expectancy [+]202061.57
Suicides [+]2015899
Suicide rate [+]20158.81
Number of homicides [+]2016635
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20166.05
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20210.06
Consumption GWh [+]2021418
Generation GWh [+]2021358
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/21/202315
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/21/202353,661
Fully vaccinated [+]03/19/202333,225
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/21/20231.20
Doses administered [+]03/19/202335,772