International Rankings of Burundi 2023, 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	61	0.04	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	183	4230	2020
Internet users - percent of population	112	5.8 %	2021
Internet users - total	156	754000	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	172	15976	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	87	62	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	104	7.740 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	59	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Average household expenditures - on food	95	N/A % of household expenditures	2023
Budget - expenditures	171	1.111 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	178	747.000 million US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	80	5.7 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	110	362.645 million US Dollars	2018
Debt - external	176	610.900 million US Dollars	2017
Exports	197	285.105 million US Dollars	2018
GDP (official exchange rate)	178	3.027 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	184	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	114	16 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	56	0 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	11	39.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	136	16.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	162	44.2 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	54	38.6 %	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	71	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
Imports	190	905.294 million US Dollars	2018
Industrial production growth rate	135	1.4 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	32	8.4 %	2021
Labor force	79	5.271 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	2	93.6 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	131	2.3 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	165	4.1 %	2002
Population below poverty line	7	64.6 %	2014
Public debt	93	51.7 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	167	8.849 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	152	1.8 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	176	700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	181	266.164 million US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	128	15.8 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	199	1.79 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	152	2.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	143	4.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	150	3.4	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	128	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	182	715000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	173	440.774 million kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	107	100.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	181	100000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	182	15.960 million kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	41	1.7 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	121	33.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	34	62.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	48	2.3 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	193	1.087 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	172	5000 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	196	1374 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	165	0.5 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	153	1.42 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	40	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	157	6.6	2018
Land use - other	120	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	18.8	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	3	10.31 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	133	12.540 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	112	220.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	94	20.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	109	40.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	179	14.8	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	148	25680 sq km	0
Area - total	148	27830 sq km	0
Area - water	33	2.150 million sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	75	2685 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	5	772 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	15	1504 meters	0
Irrigated land	126	230 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	115	1140 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	16	73.3	2018
Land use - arable land	14	38.9	2018
Land use - forest	157	6.6	2018
Land use - other	120	20.1	2018
Land use - permanent crops	16	15.6	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	83	18.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	29	2.3 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	83	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	135	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	86	4.07 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	96	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	15	34.87 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	9	27 %	1819
Contraceptive prevalence rate	99	28.5 %	1617
Current health expenditure	53	6.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	97	54.1 %	2023
Death rate	147	5.85 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	145	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	41	21.1 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	26	18.4 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	52	1.3 % of population	0
Education expenditures	36	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	10	2.45 %	2023
Hospital bed density	63	0.8 beds/1,000 population	2014
Infant mortality rate - female	38	32.52 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	36	40.86 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	35	36.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	166	69.95 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	172	65.65 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	169	67.77 years	0
Literacy - female	90	68.4 %	2021
Literacy - male	68	81.3 %	0
Literacy - total population	79	74.7 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	14	494 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	161	18 years	2020
Median age - male	148	17.4 years	0
Median age - total	150	17.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	63	21.5	1617
Net migration rate	12	6.84 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	133	5.4 %	2016
Physicians density	154	0.07 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	78	13.163 million	2023
Population growth rate	4	3.59 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	57	87.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	45	46.3 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	32	41.6 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	38	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	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	25	0.98 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	37	0.76 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.03 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	20	0.99 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	69	6.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	108	17.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	95	11.8 %	2020
Total fertility rate	10	4.96 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	1	5.43	2025
Urbanization - urban population	179	14.8	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	152	2.5	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	143	4.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	150	3.4	0
Transportation
Airports	116	7	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	92	61000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	144	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	139	N/A	2023
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	158	N/A	2023
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	102	N/A	2023
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	28	N/A	2023
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	120	1500 km	2016
Roadways - total	114	12322 km	2016
Waterways	74	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.

NOTE: The information regarding Burundi on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Burundi 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Burundi 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.