Country
Burundi
- Region
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Income group
- low income
- Capital
- Bujumbura
- ISO code
- BI · BDI
70 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 14.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 1,066 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 63.8 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 0.1 t CO₂
Population
- Population 14.4M 2025 77th of 214
- Population density 547 people/km² 2024 19th of 212
- Population growth 2.41 % per year 2025 25th of 214
- Natural increase 26.9 per 1,000 people 2023 16th of 228
- Net migration -2.4 per 1,000 people 2025 167th of 214
- Fertility rate 4.79 births per woman 2024 8th of 214
- Urban population 25.7 % 2025 202nd of 214
- Median age 15.9 years 2023 222nd of 228
- Population aged 65+ 2.5 % 2025 205th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 4.8 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 200th of 214
- Children under 15 44.0 % 2025 9th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 63.8 years 2024 195th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 65.9 years 2024 195th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 61.8 years 2024 194th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 4.1 years 2024 152nd of 214
- Infant mortality 30.5 per 1,000 births 2024 45th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 47.1 per 1,000 births 2024 34th of 195
- Maternal mortality 392 per 100,000 births 2023 14th of 193
- Health spending per person 28 USD 2023 183rd of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 100 $ (PPP) 2023 183rd of 191
- Physicians 0.08 per 1,000 people 2022 174th of 179
- Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 people 2014 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Measles immunization 86 % 2024 120th of 191
- Tobacco use 10.1 % 2024 131st of 165
- Calorie supply 1,698 kcal per day 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Meat supply 3.6 kg per person per year 2022 not ranked – no value for 2023
Economy
- GDP 3.4B USD 2025 159th of 185
- GDP per capita 234 USD 2025 185th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 1,066 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 184th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 717 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 164th of 165
- GDP growth 4.2 % 2025 66th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.8 % 2025 115th of 185
- Inflation 34.1 % 2025 3rd of 169
- Unemployment 0.9 % 2025 177th of 181
- Youth unemployment 1.7 % 2025 177th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 11.2 % 2020 113th of 150
- Income inequality (Gini) 37.5 2020 56th of 151
- Extreme poverty 74.2 % 2020 5th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 35.1 % of GDP 2024 5th of 187
- Women in the labour force 79.5 % 2025 5th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.439 2023 186th of 192
- Literacy rate 71.3 % 2020 95th of 122
- Education spending 4.5 % of GDP 2025 not ranked – no value for 2022
- Secondary school enrolment 23 % 2025 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Tertiary enrolment 6 % 2023 125th of 127
- Primary completion rate 48 % 2020 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Women in parliament 39.6 % 2025 30th of 183
- Homicide rate 5.6 per 100,000 people 2016 not ranked – no value for 2020
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 1.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 162nd of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 0.1 t CO₂ 2024 190th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 0.07 t CO₂ 2024 211th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.0 Gt CO₂ 2024 181st of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 0.6 t CO₂e 2024 192nd of 201
- Forest area 10.9 % of land 2024 165th of 208
- Water stress 10 % 2022 90th of 176
- Arable land 43.7 % of land 2024 10th of 205
- Renewable energy 83.1 % of final energy 2021 10th of 210
- Renewable electricity 75.5 % of electricity 2024 36th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2024 176th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 184 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 149th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 35 kWh 2024 186th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 35.7 µg/m³ 2023 32nd of 199
Burundi on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldRundi, French, English · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldBurundian franc (BIF)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+2Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, E · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world2 national dishes
- Plants of the world5 characteristic plants