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🇧🇮 Burundi

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Policy rate not yet covered
Headline inflation 8.70% Jul 2026
FX premium not yet covered
Latest T-bill not yet covered

Tier 1 · Markets

The Market Now

Series Per US$1 As of Source
Official not yet covered
Marketparallel 6,208.00 27 Sep 2026, 00:35 UTC Binance P2P
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Official rate, 10-year annual average (World Bank)

1,5002,2002,90020142017202020232025

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Tier 2 · Policy & Prices

Policy & Prices

Policy rate

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Inflation

Series YoY Period Source
Headline 8.70% Jul 2026 Source

As of 12 Sep 2026, 19:49 UTC

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Yield curve

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Tier 3 · Structure

Structure & trajectory

Annual indicators, latest available year on each card · Sources: World Bank / UN / IMF WEO Oct 2025 / V-Dem / EIA

19 of 24 indicators improving improving

Rule: for each metric with at least two observations, direction is the sign of (latest − earliest). Child mortality, $3/day poverty, national poverty, debt service, debt-to-GDP, and the Gini index are inverted (a decline is improvement). Overall: improving if ≥60% of those metrics improved, mixed if 40–60%, worsening if <40%.

Population

14.4M · 2025

11M12.5M14M201520172019202120232025

↑ 3.6M since 2014

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GDP per capita (PPP)

$1,248 · 2025

$720$960$1,200201520172019202120232025

↑ $523.68 since 2014

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GDP per capita growth

1.8% · 2025

-3%0%3%201520172019202120232025

↑ 1 pts since 2014

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Life expectancy

63.8 years · 2024

5961.564201420162018202020222024

↑ 4.1 years since 2014

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Child mortality

47.1 per 1,000 · 2024

475971201420162018202020222024

↓ 23.5 since 2014

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Internet users

8.6% · 2024

1%4.8%8.6%201420162018202020222024

↑ 7.6 pts since 2014

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Manufacturing share of GDP

13.1% · 2025

10%11.5%13%201520172019202120232025

↑ 2.1 pts since 2014

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Electricity access

20.1% · 2024

7%13.5%20%201420162018202020222024

↑ 13.1 pts since 2014

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Adult literacy

71.3% · 2020

61%66%71%2014201620182020

↑ 10 pts since 2014

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Debt service / exports

11% · 2023

9%12.5%16%2014201820202023

↓ 1.3 pts since 2014

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Exports of goods and services

$555M · 2025

$170M$365M$560M201520172019202120232025

↑ $350.6M since 2014

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GDP growth

4.2% · 2025

-0.4%0%6%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0 pts since 2014

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GDP

$3.4B · 2025

$2.6B$3.3B$4B201520172019202120232025

↑ $658.9M since 2014

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Unemployment

0.9% · 2025

0.9%1.1%1.4%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.7 pts since 2014

ILO modeled estimate — national definitions differ

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FDI inflows

$35.1M · 2025

$55,000$32.5M$65M201520172019202120232025

↓ $56.6M since 2014

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Remittances

$273.1M · 2025

$33M$151.5M$270M201520172019202120232025

↑ $216.8M since 2014

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External debt

$1B · 2024

$590M$795M$1B201420162018202020222024

↑ $332.8M since 2014

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Agriculture share of GDP

34.3% · 2025

31%34%37%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.7 pts since 2014

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Services share of GDP

42.1% · 2025

39%43.5%48%201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.3 pts since 2014

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Investment rate

not available

Terms of trade

125.40 · 2024

94.00112.00130.00201420162018202020222024

↑ 29.60 since 2014

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FX reserves

$90.3M · 2023

$68M$194M$320M2014201820202023

↓ $226.8M since 2014

includes gold

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Lending rate

12.4% · 2025

11%13%15%201520172019202120232025

↓ 3.3 pts since 2014

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Deposit rate

not available

Health expenditure

9.1% · 2023

6.2%8.6%11%2014201820202023

↑ 1.9 pts since 2014

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Physicians

0.1 per 1,000 · 2022

0.0460.070.09420142016201820202022

↑ 0 since 2014

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Tertiary enrollment

6.4% · 2025

3.9%5.2%6.4%201520172019202120232025

↑ 1.9 pts since 2014

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Tourist arrivals

299,000 · 2017

130,000215,000300,0002014201520162017

↑ 64,000 since 2014

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Account ownership

7.1% · 2014

2014

Findex · every 3–4 years

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Exports per capita derived

$38.57 · 2025

$16$27.5$39201520172019202120232025

↑ $19.64 since 2014

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Median age

15.9 years · 2023

1415162014201820202023

↑ 0 years since 2014

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Government revenue / GDP

17.4% · 2026

15%19.5%24%201620182020202220242026

↓ 7.1 pts since 2014

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Debt to GDP

37% · 2026

36%53%70%20142017202020232026

↓ 1 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Gross debt (national currency)

BIF 9.0T · 2026

BIF 1.5TBIF 5.2TBIF 9.0T20142017202020232026

↑ BIF 7.4T since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Current account / GDP

-5.5% · 2026

-17%-11.2%-5.5%20142017202020232026

↑ 10.4 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Budget balance / GDP

-2.5% · 2026

-11%-6.8%-2.5%20142017202020232026

↑ 1.4 pts since 2014

Source: IMF WEO · latest 1–2 years are IMF estimates

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Electoral democracy

0.18 · 2025

0.150.170.20201520172019202120232025

↓ 0.09 since 2014

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Trade profile

Exports

$555M · 2025

$170M$365M$560M20142017202020232025

↑ $350.6M since 2014

Imports

$1.5B · 2025

$740M$1.1B$1.5B20142017202020232025

↑ $580.3M since 2014

Balance derived

−$946.7M · 2025

$-1.1B$-825M$-550M20142017202020232025

↓ $229.7M since 2014

Top exports · 2023

Products

  1. Pearls, precious stones and metals $75M · 34.5%
  2. Coffee, tea, spices $60.5M · 27.8%
  3. Beverages, spirits, vinegar $12.5M · 5.8%
  4. Tobacco $11M · 5.0%
  5. Milling products $10M · 4.6%
  6. Iron and steel $8.9M · 4.1%
  7. Glass and glassware $6.2M · 2.8%
  8. Soap, waxes, candles $5.6M · 2.6%
  9. Mineral fuels $4.1M · 1.9%
  10. Ores, slag and ash $4.1M · 1.9%

Partners

  1. United Arab Emirates $80.5M · 37.0%
  2. DR Congo $44.4M · 20.4%
  3. M49 757 $13.9M · 6.4%
  4. Belgium $8.9M · 4.1%
  5. Sudan $8.6M · 4.0%
  6. Pakistan $6.5M · 3.0%
  7. Tanzania $6.1M · 2.8%
  8. Rwanda $5.8M · 2.7%
  9. Germany $5.4M · 2.5%
  10. M49 899 $5.2M · 2.4%

Top imports · 2023

Products

  1. Mineral fuels $263.6M · 22.3%
  2. Fertilisers $98.7M · 8.3%
  3. Vehicles other than railway $84.6M · 7.2%
  4. Machinery and mechanical appliances $67.5M · 5.7%
  5. Electrical machinery and equipment $66.9M · 5.7%
  6. Iron and steel $54.2M · 4.6%
  7. Cereals $46.6M · 3.9%
  8. Pharmaceutical products $41.8M · 3.5%
  9. Salt, earths, stone, cement $39.7M · 3.4%
  10. Plastics $34.5M · 2.9%

Partners

  1. United Arab Emirates $198.6M · 16.8%
  2. China $165.4M · 14.0%
  3. Tanzania $149.3M · 12.6%
  4. India $83.8M · 7.1%
  5. Saudi Arabia $68.6M · 5.8%
  6. M49 899 $65.4M · 5.5%
  7. Kenya $56.5M · 4.8%
  8. Uganda $50.5M · 4.3%
  9. Japan $42M · 3.6%
  10. Belgium $26.7M · 2.3%

2025 filings are still arriving — this page updates as each country reports

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