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Burundi

Official language: Kirundi, French
Currency: Burundi Franc
Capital City: Gitega
Area: 27834km²
Subregional membership(s): East Africa, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Economic Community of the Great Lakes countries , Least developed countires, Land-locked Countries, Sub-Saharan Africa, Non-Oil Producing, Non-Oil LDCs, Land-locked LDCs, East African Community (EAC), CEPGL, Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)

11530.6K

₂₀₁₉

Mid-year population

3.2B

₂₀₁₇

GDP at current prices, USD

61.2

₂₀₁₇

Under five mortality rate

126.2

₂₀₁₇

Primary enrolment ratio

Population and migration

United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Average annual population growth rate - Total (%)	35.0	34.7	34.4	34.7	34.9	35.0	34.9	34.7	34.1
Average annual population growth rate - Urban (%)	62.3	62.3	62.3	62.3	60.3	60.3	60.3
Life expectancy at birth - Female (years)	656.5	663.6	670.0	675.7	680.8	685.3	689.4	693.3	697.2
Life expectancy at birth - Male (years)	617.7	624.6	631.0	636.6	641.6	646.0	650.0	653.8	657.4
Life expectancy at birth - Total (years)	637.1	644.3	650.7	656.3	661.3	665.8	669.9	673.8	677.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 0-4 (%)					131.0		128.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 10-14 (%)					54.8		57.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 15-19 (%)					60.4		58.5
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 20-24 (%)					96.3		88.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 25-29 (%)					111.5		111.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 30-34 (%)					107.4		110.1
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 35-39 (%)					99.6		99.7
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 40-44 (%)					90.3		88.8
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 45-49 (%)					77.7		77.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 5-9 (%)					81.4		84.4
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 50-54 (%)					60.4		61.3
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 55-59 (%)					45.1		46.2
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 60-64 (%)					31.4		33.0
Migrants as a percentage of the international migrant stock - 65+ (%)					52.9		54.8
Population - Female (%)	559.9	559.6
Population - Female (thousands)	49,818	51,400	53,018	54,689	56,422	58,220	60,077	61,983	63,928
Population - Male (thousands)	48,724	50,306	51,925	53,598	55,338	57,148	59,020	60,946	62,909
Population - Total (thousands)	98,542	101,706	104,943	108,287	111,760	115,368	119,097	122,929	126,836
Population - Urban (%)	119.9	123.2	126.5	129.8	133.1	136.4	139.7	143.0	147.4
Population - Urban (%)	119.9	123.2	126.5	129.8	133.1	136.4	139.7
Population - Urban (thousands)	10,857	11,473	12,122	12,815	13,552	14,344	15,180
Total fertility rate (per woman)	67.0	65.9	64.9	63.8	62.7	61.6	60.5	59.5	58.5

Health

United Nations Statistics Division, World Bank, World Health Organization

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adolescent birth rate per 1,000 adolescent women aged 15-19 - Female (per 1,000 population)	935.0
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births)	8,756	8,580	8,360	8,107	7,832
Neo-natal mortality (Per 1,000 live births)	295.9	284.9	275.0	265.1	257.4	250.8	243.1
Percentage of children under-five and underweight (%)
Percentage of mothers provided at least one antenatal care - Total (%)	1,089	1,089	1,089	1,089
Prevalence of underweight children under-five years of age - Total (%)
Proportion of 1 year-old children immunised against measles (%)	1,023	1,023	1,078
Proportion of population using improved drinking water source - Total (%)	825.0	825.0	836.0	836.0	836.0
Proportion of the population using improved sanitation facilities - Total (%)	517.0	528.0	528.0	528.0	528.0
Under-five mortality rate (Per 1,000 live births)	1,044	1,003	965.8	930.6	898.7

Education

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Statistics Division, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Adult literacy rate - Female (%)				601.3	914.3
Adult literacy rate - Male (%)				766.6	970.6
Adult literacy rate - Total (%)				677.3	941.8
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)				12.3
Gender parity index for achievement in mathematics in grades 2/3 (ratio)				11.0
Gender parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)				13.4
Gender parity index for participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (ratio)			11.1	11.3	11.2
Gender parity index of teachers in lower secondary education who are trained (ratio)				8.6	11.0
Gender parity index of teachers in pre-primary education who are trained (ratio)	37.5	23.5		22.4	11.0
Gender parity index of teachers in primary education who are trained (ratio)		11.4		11.7	11.0
Gender parity index of teachers in upper secondary education who are trained (ratio)				11.0	11.0
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Female (%)	1,473	1,563	1,541	1,525	1,483	1,445	1,388
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Male (%)	1,499	1,577	1,547	1,509	1,469	1,436	1,387
Gross enrolment ratio in primary - Total (%)	1,583	1,570	1,544	1,517	1,476	1,440	1,388
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Female (%)	233.3	272.8	328.7	404.3	472.6	523.2	559.8
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Male (%)	330.3	374.3	421.5	478.8	520.5	541.0	547.3
Gross enrolment ratio in secondary - Total (%)	280.7	322.3	374.1	440.9	496.2	532.0	553.6
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Female (%)	20.1	27.3	30.9	28.1		38.6	41.1
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Male (%)	46.4	61.3	75.0	91.2		95.5	95.9
Gross enrolment ratio in teritiary - Total (%)		43.5	51.9	58.3		66.0	67.8
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Female (%)	262.1	351.6	640.0	622.7
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Male (%)	368.8	410.1	621.1	610.6
Gross graduation Ratio from Primary education - Total (%)	314.7	403.5	672.2	660.6	673.3	659.6	540.8
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Female (%)				824.6
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Male (%)				938.2
Literacy rates of 15-24 years old - Total (%)				875.2	963.7
Mean years of schooling - Female (years)				16.2
Mean years of schooling - Male (years)				26.3
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)	29.7	29.7	29.7	29.7
Mean years of schooling - Total (years)				20.9
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Female (%)			1,042				1,072
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Male (%)							1,054
Net enrolment rate in primary education - Total (%)			1,002	1,049	1,036		1,063
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Female (%)	162.8	191.4	231.1	288.2	331.0	374.9	348.4
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Male (%)	201.0	222.9	248.5	292.5	315.4	345.8	287.1
Net enrolment rate in secondary education - Total (%)	184.6	206.7	239.6	290.3	323.3	360.6	318.1
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) (%)			220.3	246.6	362.8
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Female (%)			221.1	249.9	365.6
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the official primary entry age) - Male (%)			219.7	243.2	359.9
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics (%)				953.7
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Female (%)				1,012
Proportion of children at the end of primary achieving at least a minimum proficiency level in mathematics - Male (%)				905.3
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary education - Total (rate)	531.4	518.1	495.0	480.2	475.4	546.3	545.7
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary education - Total (rate)	323.2	326.8	348.3	409.4	393.7	353.4	308.3
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary education - Total (rate)	172.9	222.3	161.4	277.5		244.3	217.8
Ratio of girls to boys in primary education (ratio)	11.0	11.1	11.2
Ratio of girls to boys in secondary education (ratio)	8.1	8.5	9.0
Ratio of girls to boys in tertiary education (ratio)
Ratio of school attendance rate of orphans to school attendance rate of non orphans (%)
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics by the end of primary (ratio)				11.3
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in mathematics in grades 2/3 (ratio)				11.0
Rural to urban parity index for achievement in reading by the end of primary (ratio)				9.5
School life Expectancy in Primary - Female (years)	90.4	95.8	95.0	93.8	91.0	88.4	85.3
School life Expectancy in Primary - Male (years)	92.6	97.2	95.8	93.2	90.4	88.3	85.7
School life Expectancy in Primary - Total (years)	91.4	96.5	95.4	93.5	90.8	88.3	85.5
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Female (years)	16.8	19.7	23.4	29.0	34.0	37.5	34.9
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Male (years)	24.4	28.2	31.0	35.5	38.6	39.9	35.3
School life Expectancy in Secondary - Total (years)	20.5	23.8	27.1	32.1	36.2	38.6	35.1
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Female (years)	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.4		2.2	2.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Male (years)	2.3	3.1	3.7	4.5		5.6	5.4
School life Expectancy in Tertiary - Total (years)	1.7	2.2	2.6	3.0		3.7	3.9
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Female (%)	520.0	560.6	649.8	531.4	524.4	506.1
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Male (%)	445.8	517.6	511.8	449.5	451.1	445.0
Survival Rate to the last grade in Primary - Total (%)	481.8	539.4	578.3	490.2	487.6	475.5

National accounts

United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - National Currency (billions)	31,015	37,024	41,938	46,035	48,597	53,066	60,016
Expenditure on GDP at current purchaser's values - US dollars (billions)	24.6	25.7	27.0	29.8	30.9	32.1	34.7

Prices

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Inflation, all items (index)	848.87	1,003	1,083	1,131	1,194	1,259	1,486
Inflation, all items - Change (%)	105.4	200.0	87.3	48.6	61.1	60.8	182.6	-30.5	-7.8
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (%)	163.5	130.2	99.2	41.3	78.4	104.5	204.4
Inflation, end of period consumer prices (index)	902.22	1,009	1,100	1,141	1,223	1,339	1,587

Energy

African Union Commission, United Nations Statistics Division, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Coal - Production, Tonnes (thousands)						0.0
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)		1,584	1,584	1,595	1,639	1,771	1,925
Electricity - Consumption (Giga watt hours)	2,687	2,617	2,852
Electricity - total biofuels and waste production (Giga watt hours)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Electricity - total fossil fules production (Giga watt hours)	22	48.18	48.18	44	44	44	44
Electricity - total hydro production (Giga watt hours)	1,650	1,966	1,966	1,969	1,991	2,024	2,046
Electricity - total Solar wind tide wave production (Giga watt hours)	9.68	9.68	9.68	11	11	11.11
Oil - Consumption (metric tons)		759.00	748.00	693.00	693.00	726.00	759.00
Total electricity installed capacity - kilowatt hours (thousands)	671.0	671.0	715.0	671.0	737.0	748.0
Total electricity production (Giga watt hours)	1,682	2,024	2,024	2,024	2,046	2,079	2,112

Tourism

World Bank, World Tourism Organization, World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
International tourism expenditures - current USD (millions)	539.0	275.0	374.0	418.0	319.0	308.0
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	17.27	7.37	11.44	21.89	13.64	11.44
International tourism receipts - current USD (millions)	40.7	16.5	25.3	45.1	24.2	20.9	33.0
International tourism, number of arrivals - Total (thousands)		1,617	2,574	2,585	1,441	2,057	3,289
Rooms in hotels and similar establishments (thousands)
Total contribution to employment, tourism (%)	56.5	54.6	48.8	48.7	47.6		48.4
Total contribution to GDP, tourism (%)	67.2	63.5	59.3	56.2	54.9		56.1

Transport

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Paved Road (% of total) (%)	179.9	184.1	162.8

Information society

United Nations Statistics Division, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (%)	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (%)		0.0
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (%)	0.0	0.0			0.0
Fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (%)	0.0	0.0
Fixed telephone lines (per 100 inhabitants) (%)	3.6	2.1	2.4	2.4	2.3	2.1	2.4	2.4
Internet users per 100 inhabitants (%)	12.2	13.4	13.9	15.2	53.6	56.9	29.3
Mobile telephone subscribers (number)	21,060,446	24,718,386	27,905,141	35,125,827	54,974,656	58,935,976	65,126,732	69,497,615
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (10MB) (thousands)		0.0
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (256KL2M) (thousands)	3.1	3.8			5.3
Number of fixed Internet broadband Subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (2L10MB) (thousands)	0.0	0.1
Number of fixed Internet broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (thousands)	5.5	7.7	16.9	18.7	40.0
Proportion of individuals using the Internet (%)	12.2	13.4	13.9	15.2	53.6
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone (%)			152.9
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone - Female (%)			95.7
Proportion of individuals who own a mobile telephone - Male (%)			215.6
Proportion of population covered by at least a 2G mobile network (%)					577.5
Proportion of population covered by at least a 3G mobile network (%)				0.0	0.0
Proportion of population covered by at least a 4G mobile network (%)				0.0	0.0
Total official development assistance for biodiversity, by recipient - US dollars (billions)	173.4	89.3	523.5	40.4	139.4

International trade

International Road Federation

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020

Banking, insurance, financial statistics

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Statistics Division

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	13,872	15,868	17,106	17,014	17,291
Exchange rate, period average (national currency per USD)	13,872	15,868	17,106	17,014	17,291	18,201	19,020	19,612
Interest rate - Lending (%)	145.5	157.5	166.7	172.4	168.6

Government finance fiscal and public sector statistics

World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Debt service ratio - Per export (ratio)	46.3	98.0	151.4	152.5	153.1	176.2	158.7
Net ODA (% of GNI) (%)
Net ODA - Per capita (US dollars)	696.08	618.64	640.31	573.1	395.34	776.05	433.73
Net ODA - US dollars (millions)	6,295	5,766	6,147	5,669	4,032	8,167	4,713
Total external debt - as % of GDP (%)	469.8	455.7	397.2	393.5	497.9	532.6	568.8	642.8	698.9

Balance of payments

International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Economic Commission for Africa

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Capital Account net - US dollars (billions)	1.1	1.7	1.1	0.9	0.6	0.8	0.9
Compensation of employees - US dollars (millions)	66.5	113.4	140.5	108.3	145.8	116.4	145.3
Current account balance - as % of GDP (%)	-158.8	-204.4	-212.4	-203.9	-194.5	-144.0	-139.7
Current account balance - US dollars (millions)	-3,119.4	-2,872.7	-2,842.7	-4,345.8	-4,105.7	-3,736.6	-3,960.1
Errors and omissions - US dollars (millions)	49.9	67.1	-28.2
Financial Account net - US dollars (millions)	3.2	3.3	-3.8	-1.0	-1.0	1.5	2.0
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)	36.9	6.7	81.5	517.7	81.0	0.6	3.5
Inward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	167.0	153.3	1,449	2,334	2,415	2,415
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Flow, US dollars (millions)			1.8	0.3	1.7	0.4	0.1
Outward flows of Foreign Direct investment - Stock, US dollars (millions)	24.7	26.7	28.6	28.7	30.4	30.8
Primary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	-192.4	-71.6	19.6	-74.6	-18.4	-9.1	-52.7
Secondary income (Net) - US dollars (millions)	2,899	4,912	4,757	3,651	3,112	2,260	2,896
Services Balance - US dollars (millions)	-1,112.9	-1,373.0	-1,222.6	-2,165.9	-1,886.1	-1,560.6	-1,819.5
Trade balance - as % of GDP (%)				-244.2
Trade balance - US dollars (millions)	-4,713.4	-6,339.8	-6,397.0	-5,756.8	-5,312.9	-4,427.4	-4,983.7
Workers remittances (Net) - US dollars (millions)	394.9	369.0	348.7

Environment

United Nations Statistics Division, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Indicator	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Carbon Dioxide Emission - metric tons (thousands)	2,299
CO2 emissions, total, per capita and per $1 GDP (PPP) (Kilograms)	0.33
Consumption of ozone-depleting CFCs in ODP (metric tons)	77.00	77.00	78.10
Forest Area as % of Land Area (%)					117.7
Land area covered by forest (%)

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