International Rankings of Burundi 2022, 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	60	0.04	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	176	4230	2020
Internet users - percent of population	82	9 %	2020
Internet users - total	141	1.070 million	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	N/A	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	162	18300	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	114	56	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	110	6.631 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	175	729.600 million US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	180	536.700 million US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	76	5.7 % of GDP	0
Exports	57	290.000 million US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	168	3.027 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	173	5.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	40	20.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	25	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	109	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	55	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	9	39.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	128	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	151	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	92	2 %	2017
Labor force	78	5.012 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	2	93.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	123	2.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	151	4.1 %	2002
Population below poverty line	5	64.6	2014
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	156	8.690 billion US Dollars	2020
Real GDP per capita	152	700 US Dollars	2020
Taxes and other revenues	135	15.8 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	138	2	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	127	4.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	133	2.9	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	123	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	173	715000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	117	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	108	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	72	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	71	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	165	440.774 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	103	100.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	172	100000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	175	15.960 million kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	41	1.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	111	33.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	34	62.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	46	2.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	185	1.087 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	80	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	164	5000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	182	1374 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	108	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	159	0.5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	147	1.42 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	38	35.61 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	15	73.3	2018
Land use - arable land	14	38.9	2018
Land use - forest	146	6.6	2018
Land use - other	110	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	77	18.8	2018
Revenue from coal	29	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	3	10.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	127	12.536 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	115	222.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	139	15.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	146	43.100 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	172	14.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	142	25680 sq km	0
Area - total	141	27830 sq km	0
Area - water	32	2.150 million sq km	0
Coastline	159	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	67	2685 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	4	772 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	14	1504 meters	0
Irrigated land	120	230 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	110	1140 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	15	73.3	2018
Land use - arable land	14	38.9	2018
Land use - forest	146	6.6	2018
Land use - other	110	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	14	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	77	18.8	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	38	19.76	1966
Age structure - 25-54 years	185	29.18	8167
Age structure - 55-64 years	171	4.17	4131
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	81	1.84 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	12	2.23 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	131	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	83	4.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	14	35.17 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	8	27 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	97	28.5 %	1617
Current health expenditure	33	8 % of GDP	2019
Death rate	128	5.96 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	135	4.8 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	14	20.7 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	7	95.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	7	90.4 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	13	98.7 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	38	21.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	25	18.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	49	1.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	34	5 % of GDP	2020
Hospital bed density	62	0.8 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	35	33.54 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	34	42.02 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	33	37.84 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	152	69.59 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	155	65.32 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	155	67.42 years	0
Literacy - female	92	61.2 %	2017
Literacy - male	78	76.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	87	68.4 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	12	548 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	150	18 years	2020
Median age - male	141	17.4 years	0
Median age - total	138	17.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	62	21.5	1617
Net migration rate	11	7.09 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	127	5.4 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	75	12.696 million	2022
Population growth rate	3	3.63 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	56	87.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	43	46.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	30	41.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	37	12.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2018
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	13	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	23	0.98	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	33	0.88	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	35	0.62 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	18	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	65	6.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	105	17.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	90	11.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	9	5.03 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	172	14.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	138	2	2014
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	127	4.4	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	133	2.9	0
Transportation
Airports	113	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	44	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	38	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	N/A	2022
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	25	1	2021
Airports - with paved runways - total	75	1	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	30	N/A	2022
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	54	4	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	88	6	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	65	2	2021
Heliports	22	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	134	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	133	N/A	2022
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	153	N/A	2022
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	100	N/A	2022
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2022
Railways - standard gauge	71	N/A	2022
Railways - total	128	N/A km	2022
Roadways - paved	114	1500 km	2016
Roadways - total	103	12322 km	2016
Waterways	72	673 km	2022

*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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