Burundi
Country in Africa
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 14.4M (2025). World rank 77 of 216; in Africa, 30 of 54. Area: 27,834 km². World rank 147 of 249; in Africa, 46 of 59. GDP per person: $234 (2025). World rank 210 of 210 (1 = best); in Africa, 52 of 52. From 2015 to 2025: population 11M → 14.4M, GDP $2.8B → $3.4B, and GDP per person $254 → $234. Worse than all its neighbours (DR Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Burundi
- Local name
- Burundi
- Capital
- Gitega
- Region
- Africa
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Évariste Ndayishimiye
- Head of government
- Gervais Ndirakobuca
- Independence
- July 1, 1962
- Women in parliament
- 39.6% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 14,390,003 2025
- Area
- 27,834 km²
- GDP
- $3.4B 2025
- GDP per person
- $234 2025
- Life expectancy
- 63.8 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- French, Kirundi
- Currency
- Burundian Franc (BIF)
- Time zones
- UTC+2
- Calling code
- +257
- Emergency numbers
- 112, 113, 117
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, E
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- DR Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
- Agricultural land
- 74.2% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Heha, 2,685 m
- Lowest point
- Lake Tanganyika, 772 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,504
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 19
- Warmest month in the capital
- September, 20°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- July, 17°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,274 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 517 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +2.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 25.7% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -34.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.8% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 44% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 53.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 2.6% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 65.9 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 61.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 4.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 33.2 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6.7 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 93.9%, Muslim 3.4%, other 1.3%, and no religion 1.3%
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 35 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 17 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 26.7 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 40.6 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 29.5 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $1,248 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +4.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Low income
- Gross national income per person
- $240 2025
- Inflation
- +34.1% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 34 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 34.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 18.2% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 42.1% 2025
- Unemployment
- 0.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 1.7% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 79.5% 2025
Trade and finance
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -13.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +1% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 8.1% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 12.7% 2021
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 37.5 2020
- Living on under $3 a day
- 74.2% 2020
Education
- Adult literacy
- 71.3% 2020
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2025
- Secondary school enrolment
- 23.1% 2025
- Higher education enrolment
- 6.4% 2025
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2025
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.1% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $28 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 24.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 0.1 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 0.8 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 0.7 2014
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 86% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 30.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 47.1 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 392 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.8% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 4.3% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 16.3% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 10.1% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 65.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 44.6% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 0% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 5.7 2016
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 35.5 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 7.7 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 44 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods, droughts, and landslides
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 35.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 0.1 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 0.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 10.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 7.6% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 755 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 10.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 8.6% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 63 2023
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 0 2023
- Internet domain
- .bi
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 20.1% 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 83% 2022
- Electricity from renewables
- 61.3% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 38.7% 2021
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 12,000 1998
- Airports
- 6 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2018
- Researchers per million people
- 22 2018
- Scientific articles per year
- 36 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1 2022
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 1.3% 2023