Burundi — GDP
GDP (Nominal) for Burundi, 1960–2025.
GDP for Burundi was 3.36 billion in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.02 billion in 2022. The lowest was 158.99 million in 1965 (about 21.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 4.47% per year.
Burundi ranks 179 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 84%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 19.93 billion, so Burundi sits below it. It peaked in 2022 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 20%. Within Sub-Saharan Africa it ranks 38 of 47 economies; Central African Republic (3.07 billion) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was down 39% in 1965. That is 7% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1975; grown tenfold by 2010. Doubling roughly every 16 years at that pace.
World ranking. Slipped: 89th of 111 in 1960 → 115th of 146 in 1970 → 124th of 163 in 1980 → 150th of 192 in 1990 → 176th of 204 in 2000 → 179th of 212 in 2010 → 171st of 210 in 2020 → 159th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | current US$ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,364,713,864.08 | +10.8% |
| 2024 | 3,037,579,858.38 | -11.2% |
| 2023 | 3,419,558,408.35 | -15.0% |
| 2022 | 4,020,736,756.64 | +17.4% |
| 2021 | 3,425,127,990.71 | +7.4% |
| 2020 | 3,188,355,943.64 | +11.0% |
| 2019 | 2,871,555,326.31 | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 2,913,411,408.45 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 2,831,362,208.34 | +8.1% |
| 2016 | 2,618,093,125.15 | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 2,810,532,912.5 | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 2,705,826,648.21 | +10.4% |
| 2013 | 2,451,624,637.67 | +5.3% |
| 2012 | 2,327,402,362.82 | +4.1% |
| 2011 | 2,235,812,879.57 | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 2,032,135,192.01 | +14.5% |
| 2009 | 1,775,495,032.42 | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 1,611,835,857.05 | +18.8% |
| 2007 | 1,356,199,387.42 | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 1,273,375,078.45 | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 1,117,113,079.74 | +22.1% |
| 2004 | 915,257,323.4 | +16.6% |
| 2003 | 784,654,423.62 | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 825,394,519.42 | -5.9% |
| 2001 | 876,794,723.07 | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 870,486,065.88 | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 808,077,223.37 | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 893,770,740.21 | -8.1% |
| 1997 | 972,896,267.92 | +12.0% |
| 1996 | 869,033,856.32 | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 1,000,428,393.89 | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 925,030,590.15 | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 938,632,612.03 | -13.3% |
| 1992 | 1,083,037,670.6 | -7.2% |
| 1991 | 1,167,398,478.35 | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 1,132,101,252.52 | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 1,113,924,130.41 | +2.9% |
| 1988 | 1,082,403,219.49 | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,131,466,494.01 | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 1,201,725,497.07 | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 1,149,979,285.77 | +16.5% |
| 1984 | 987,143,931.17 | -8.8% |
| 1983 | 1,082,926,304.46 | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 1,013,222,222.22 | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 969,046,666.67 | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 919,726,666.67 | +17.5% |
| 1979 | 782,496,666.67 | +28.2% |
| 1978 | 610,225,555.56 | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 547,535,555.56 | +22.1% |
| 1976 | 448,412,753.62 | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 420,986,666.67 | +21.9% |
| 1974 | 345,263,492.06 | +13.4% |
| 1973 | 304,339,523.9 | +23.3% |
| 1972 | 246,804,571.43 | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 252,842,285.71 | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 242,732,571.43 | +27.6% |
| 1969 | 190,205,714.29 | +3.8% |
| 1968 | 183,200,000 | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 178,297,142.86 | +7.8% |
| 1966 | 165,444,571.43 | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 158,994,962.96 | -39.0% |
| 1964 | 260,750,008 | +12.0% |
| 1963 | 232,749,998 | +9.0% |
| 1962 | 213,500,006 | +5.2% |
| 1961 | 202,999,992 | +3.6% |
| 1960 | 195,999,990 | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Burundi’s GDP in 1961?
202,999,992 (1961). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are Burundi’s GDP figures nominal or inflation-adjusted?
They are exactly as the World Bank publishes them — current US$ — with no inflation restatement and no PPP conversion. Years the source does not report are omitted rather than interpolated.
Is Burundi’s GDP growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +1616.7% in total — about 4.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.CD. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 3,364,713,864.08; 2024: 3,037,579,858.38; 2023: 3,419,558,408.35; 2022: 4,020,736,756.64; 2021: 3,425,127,990.71. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.CD — GDP (Nominal). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.