International Rankings of Burundi 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Burundi, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Burundi, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	147	1	2018
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	182	3891	0
Internet users - percent of population	216	2.66 %	2018
Internet users - total	162	298684	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	184	1	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	171	20936	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	187	56.7	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	111	6.532 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	180	729.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	184	536.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	80	5.7 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	120	43	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	133	46.8	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	26	92.9	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	135	47.3	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	172	3.027 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	180	5.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	45	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	26	83 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	29	25.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	112	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	11	39.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	133	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	155	44.2 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	70	28 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2006
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	12	4.1 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	93	2 %	2017
Labor force	79	5.012 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	2	93.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	127	2.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	160	4.1 %	2002
Population below poverty line	6	64.6	2014
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	163	8.667 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	197	752 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	142	15.8 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	193	217000	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	171	382.700 million kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	74	14	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	11	73	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	27	14	2017
Electricity - imports	99	100.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	183	68000 kWh	2016
Electricity - production	174	304.000 million	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	158	1500	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	189	1374 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	161	0.5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	151	1.42 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	39	35.61 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	16	73.3	2018
Land use - arable land	14	38.9	2018
Land use - forest	155	6.6	2018
Land use - other	117	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	81	18.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	3	10.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	130	12.536 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	118	222.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	141	15.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	149	43.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	181	14.1	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	146	25680 sq km	0
Area - total	145	27830 sq km	0
Area - water	33	2.150 million sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	67	2670 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	4	772 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	15	1504 meters	0
Irrigated land	121	230 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	112	1140 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	16	73.3	2018
Land use - arable land	14	38.9	2018
Land use - forest	155	6.6	2018
Land use - other	117	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	81	18.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	129	12.536 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	40	19.76 %	1966
Age structure - 25-54 years	197	29.18 %	8167
Age structure - 55-64 years	181	4.17 %	4131
Birth rate	14	35.48 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	100	28.5 %	1617
Current Health Expenditure	34	7.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	135	6.07 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	126	4.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	11	22 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	8	91 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	8	86.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	22	97.6 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	42	22.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	32	19.7 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	72	1.1 % of population	0
Education expenditures	28	5.1 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	28	1	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	34	1700	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	39	83000	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.8 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	39	34.58 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	40	43.21 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	41	38.96 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	157	69.22 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	161	64.98 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	159	67.07 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	13	548	2017
Median age - female	157	18 years	2020
Median age - male	143	17.4 years	0
Median age - total	145	17.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	60	21.5	1617
Net migration rate	11	7.35 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	132	5.4 %	2016
Physicians density	146	0.1 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	76	12.241 million	2021
Population growth rate	2	3.68 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	68	85.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	46	46.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	29	42.6 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	39	14.8 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	24	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	27	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	35	0.87	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	36	0.75 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	9	5.1 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	139	2	2014
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	123	4.4	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	136	2.9	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	181	14.1	2021
Transportation
Airports	115	7	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	44	N/A	2021
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	77	1	2019
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	90	6	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2013
Heliports	25	1	2012
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	136	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	156	N/A	2021
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2021
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2021
Railways - total	131	N/A km	2021
Roadways - paved	117	1500 km	2016
Roadways - total	104	12322 km	2016
Waterways	95	N/A km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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